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CHEMUK2026: Chemicals, with a laboratory slant

April 21, 2026
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CHEMUK’s remit runs wider than the laboratory but includes a specific focus upon it, linking what happens at the bench with industrial end results. “From the plant engineer searching for...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Birmingham NEC, CHEMUK, Trade Show
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When plasma leaves the laboratory

April 13, 2026
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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...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Policy
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Lab gloves could inflate microplastics readings suggests study

April 4, 2026
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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...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Surface and microstructure Analysis
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Motor mimicry could offer insight into muscle conditions say researchers

March 21, 2026
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Mechanical motors created to mimic molecules that enable human muscles to contract could eventually offer new insight into ageing and conditions including muscular dystrophy, say scientists. Researchers working at the...
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Aging, Molecular science, Physiology
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‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial rubber

March 21, 2026
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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...
Materials, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Sustainability
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NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing

March 4, 2026
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Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Microgravity Research Centre (NMRC) based in South Wales.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Policy
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How to solve a problem like implementing Electronic Lab Notebooks

February 22, 2026
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Changing circumstances now favour more widespread adoption of Electronic Lab Notebooks. Yet the process requires careful planning, warns Samantha Pearman-Kanza, who shares her experience of the University of Southampton’s implementation...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Our new edition: PhDs, biosimilars, Future Lab, ELN and more…

February 14, 2026
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Is the PhD still a good investment for a STEM career? The new edition of Laboratory News offers a personal perspective on the value of the research qualification in changing...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biotech, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Environment, Immunology, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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The invisible influencer

February 4, 2026
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Biological assays are a vital part of modern research and drug discovery, yet their reproducibility is still a persistent challenge. Rachel Sully explores how material factors play a critical role,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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Creating a digitally enabled, automated R&D environment

February 2, 2026
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Digitally enabled lab environments, driven by AI, can help accelerate innovation, reduce lab errors and ultimately save lives, argue Andrew Garrood, James Roden and Colin Terry.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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