Laboratory News Logo
!

Articles tagged with "Life Sciences"

Sort by

Electron diffraction: A technique suggesting radically new things

January 11, 2022
Feature
Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffraction, is gaining increasing attention. Dr Eric Hovestreydt discusses why nanocrystallography using electron radiation to achieve atomic...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Food & Bev, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, In Depth, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography, Particle Physics, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Soil Science, Tectonics, Volcanology
Read More...

Picodroplet microfluidics – specialist chemicals for single cell analysis

January 10, 2022
Feature
Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis. Olivia Hughes discusses novel multifunctional and biocompatible surfactants needed to create these miniature protective environments in which...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
Read More...

Diagnosing dysbiosis – understanding imbalance in human gut microbiota

January 10, 2022
Insight
Dysbiosis describes imbalance in healthy gut bacteria... but what is a healthy gut? We ask Christina Casén to explain how such a complex and changeable ecology can be interpreted well...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Physiology, Virology
Read More...

Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?

January 10, 2022
News
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also raises questions regarding accessibility. Specifically, can virtual events overcome barriers of diversity and inclusion in...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
Read More...

Monitoring DNA in air samples could revolutionise biomonitoring

January 10, 2022
News
DNA from air could revolutionise the way we measure animal biodiversity, say scientists. Two research teams have independently demonstrated that airborne eDNA can be used to monitor a range of...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Paleobiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Soil Science, Zoology
Read More...

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

January 6, 2022
News
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have influenced the field of palaeontology and significantly skewed accessible fossil records. The first step towards conducting...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics, Paleobiology, Policy, Zoology
Read More...

Accelerating R&D innovation in 2022 and beyond

January 3, 2022
Insight
Accounting for pandemic drivers and a general acceptance that a return to pre-pandemic business habits is unnecessary, data experts Jim Reilly and Rik Van Mol predict how the life science...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Paleobiology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
Read More...

Net zero rubber duck debugging

January 3, 2022
Insight
Despite a total lack of green fingers, Dr Matthew Partridge argues that a plant is an essential research tool… far better than a rubber duck in fact
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
Read More...

Climate change knowledge cooperative provides simplified research summaries

December 23, 2021
Insight
The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative provides easy to understand research summaries to help everyone comprehend and act on climate change science. Charlie Rapple outlines how 15 of the world’s largest...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Computational Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Oceanography, Organic Chemistry, Policy, Soil Science, Tectonics, Volcanology
Read More...

The promise of COVID-19 surveillance through wastewater testing

December 22, 2021
Insight
Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wastewater. Dr Han Wei explains how sewer sample surveillance could potentially offer an early warning...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
Read More...

Pin It on Pinterest