All Medical/Health

How to minimise the risk of cross-contamination in laboratories
Added: 26 May 2022
Cross-contamination is a major concern for any laboratory and can lead to false and inaccurate resu…

Identifying and reducing day-to-day stress in laboratories
Added: 19 May 2022
A busy laboratory can be a stressful working environment, especially if there is a backlog of sampl…

E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year
Added: 17 May 2022
While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we s…

Reducing microbiological growth in your lab
Added: 12 May 2022
Microbes are invisible to the naked eye. Every laboratory user carries a microbiome load of c.100 t…

Winning collaboration for LIMS implementation
Added: 11 May 2022
Under pressure to safeguard its incoming student body from COVID-19, The University of Nottingham n…

Lab furniture design for health and hygiene
Added: 10 May 2022
Unlike cleanrooms, many laboratories aren’t ISO 14644 registered when it comes to air particle coun…

When more knowledge does not equal more complexity
Added: 9 May 2022
In a world saturated with information, Dr Diane Turner discusses how more in-depth learning about a…

Are virtual audits sustainable post-pandemic?
Added: 5 May 2022
With a mindful eye on the low environmental impact offered by virtual audits, Kate Coleman investig…

Risk, rewards, and regulations for gene editing
Added: 3 May 2022
UK leading authority on the human genome, Professor Robin Lovell-Badge speaks with Dermot Martin on…

Augmented Reality helps people live with Parkinson's disease
Added: 29 Apr 2022
A collaborative partnership has developed the World's First pair of Parkinson’s Walking Glasses, a …

Improving contract lab efficiency and productivity through automation
Added: 29 Apr 2022
As demand for outsourced microbiological testing to assure the food value chain increases, contract…

Rise of the nanopores for DNA sequencing
Added: 29 Apr 2022
Dreamed up while driving, Deamer’s biomimetic nanopores took DNA sequencing by storm. Now, Dermot M…

The voice of the empowered patient is on the rise
Added: 22 Apr 2022
Industry experts agree that patient-centricity should be the overriding aim of global life science …

New antibiotic assessment mechanism to procure drugs to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Added: 20 Apr 2022
One of the UK’s leading infectious disease biotech companies has lauded the conclusions of a projec…

DOE support for scientists impacted by the war in Ukraine
Added: 6 Apr 2022
The ongoing war in Ukraine presents incredible, heartbreaking challenges to both the country and it…

How to ensure secure biological material transportation
Added: 6 Apr 2022
The correct transport of biological material is a major aspect of modern bio-legislation. Here, Den…

UK Space Agency SPRINT funding to support business collaborations with devolved nations universities
Added: 5 Apr 2022
The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support program…

It’s all just a matter of perception
Added: 4 Apr 2022
In anticipation of the announcement of this year’s competition winners, we asked previous winners a…

A researcher’s guide to intermittent research
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Under the continued cosh of COVID, Dr Matthew Partridge considers the impact of constant interrupti…

UN debate on how to make science and technology more sustainable and inclusive
Added: 24 Mar 2022
A debate to discuss how science and technology can boost Covid-19 recovery is to be held in the UN.…