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Methods, the foundation for change

April 26, 2026
Lab operations matter to your sustainability mission, warns Juliet Jones. The science laboratory industry has traditionally been resource intensive, with high consumables and energy usage being a ‘must-have’ to maintain...

Microscopic astronauts’ space lab takes pioneering journey

April 26, 2026
Space travel involving animals is nothing new but a British contribution to the International Space Station may be harnessing the smallest species yet. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) funded Fluorescent...

DESI calls time on mapping universe and 47 million galaxies

April 19, 2026
One of the greatest cosmological surveys ever staged has finished its five year project to produce the most comprehensive 3D map of the universe so far achieved. The Dark Energy...

When plasma leaves the laboratory

April 13, 2026
The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environment for producing next-generation materials, explains Ed Smith and Andrew Griffiths. For decades, crystalline research in space has been an invaluable...

Scheme allows threatened plant to dock at island base

April 12, 2026
One of the world’s rarest dock and coastal plants has received a massive conservation boost, thanks to a wholesale reintroduction at its Welsh stronghold.

Maths award adds up to nearly £2.8 mill for exchange research

April 10, 2026
Two of Sweden’s leading institutions have donated the equivalent of £2.78 million to fund 16 mathematicians for work ranging from improved ice melt forecasting to the physics of the world’s...

Lab gloves could inflate microplastics readings suggests study

April 4, 2026
Scientists may be overestimating their assessments of microplastics pollution, with the cause lying literally in their own hands, suggests a new study. University of Michigan (U-M) researchers say they have...

Sponsored Feature: Building confidence in every byte

March 23, 2026
Discover how laboratory digitalisation, supported by the use of a LIMS, is contributing to changes in food safety operations.  Clinisys outlines how modernised systems and structured workflows may support organisations in...

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‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial rubber

March 21, 2026
Two pioneering techniques for the sustainable use of nitrile rubber products as new carbon dioxide-capturing materials have been unveiled by the University of St Andrews.  Nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) is...

Collaborators apply intelligence to create smart telescopes

March 12, 2026
Britain’s Hartree Centre facility has teamed with one of Africa’s leading astronomical institutions to develop an ‘intelligent observatory’ programme featuring smart, automated telescopes. The Hartree, which specialises in AI, high...

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