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What makes labs reliable?

June 3, 2026
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What makes a laboratory reliable?The answer isn't just instruments or analytical methods. It's the infrastructure, workflows, environments and human systems that support them.That's the thinking behind the newly relaunched Back...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Core skills, Fit-out, Foundational labs, The Knowledge
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Discovery of first ever Laboratory News edition reveals true age…

May 24, 2026
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A rare surviving copy of the original launch issue of Laboratory News has been unearthed at the recent CHEMUK show. And its publication date – 15 October 1970 – reveals...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Laboratory News
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Laboratory Talk News in Brief: industry round-up from our sister website

May 13, 2026
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The latest news briefs roundup on companies, institutions, suppliers and universities across the science sector from our sister site, Laboratory Talk, covers awards, new builds, approvals, research and appointments. Read...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Appointments, Awards, Investment, Lab space
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Bath pioneers announce ‘promising’ Hanta vaccine in development

May 9, 2026
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Researchers at University of Bath are developing what they describe as a “highly promising” new vaccine against Hanta virus, combining mRNA technology with the institution’s patented Ensilication stabilisation platform. The...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Cold chain, Drug Discovery, Infectious disease, mRNA vaccines, Refrigeration, Virology
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Lab Talk News in Brief

April 30, 2026
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Our sister title Laboratory Talk presents a regular round up of short news reports from across the sector, following investment funding, R&D, appointments, funding, lab space, digitalisation and more. Here...
Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Appointments, Digitalisation, Investment, Lab space, R&D
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Microscopic astronauts’ space lab takes pioneering journey

April 26, 2026
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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...
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrobiology, Instrumentation, Radiation, Space science
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CMAC installation aims to revolutionise drugs development data access

April 24, 2026
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One of the UK’s leading centres for pharmaceutical manufacturing and digital production methods says new capabilities will allow it to significantly overcome a key manual limitation on accelerating medicines development...
Physics & Engineering, Chemistry, Materials
Data science, Pharmaceutical, Scale-up
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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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