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How to improve energy efficiency in your lab

June 17, 2021
Much of the literature on energy efficiency and reducing energy usage is directed at residential homes, but laboratories are one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in the United States. Luckily,...

SoyFilm: Is this the end of fossil fuel single-use plastics?

June 10, 2021
At last! A sustainable, scalable and 100 percent natural plant protein-based polymer that functions like plastic and can be broken down naturally after use. Inspired by spiders webs, the polymer...

Sedentarism and other physical health risks for laboratory workers

June 9, 2021
During the course of the last year, many more people have had to get used to working from home. There are of course, lots of workers who are still going...

Converting offices to laboratory space – understanding the needs of the LSCG sector

June 7, 2021
With COVID-19 shutdowns accelerating the transformation of commercial and real estate needs away from office space and towards the promise offered by the long-term growth and stability of a booming...

Retargeting space: converting offices to labs

June 7, 2021
With laboratory space in high demand, Darius Umrigar discusses how commercial space can be quickly converted to target the needs of either light or heavy life science

Scientific research opens doors to unexpected careers

June 1, 2021
Humans have an innate sense of curiosity, making us natural scientists from the moment we come into the world. Often, this scientific curiosity dwindles as we get older and pursue...

EV design concept capable of 30% longer range

June 1, 2021
Automotive innovation start-up has revealed a patented design concept for an electric vehicle capable of travelling up to 30% further than current EVs on the market. More compact, more streamlined,...

Commercial quanta image sensors – a new era in solid-state imaging

May 27, 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon counting at room temperature is now accessible commercially. The CMOS-based QIS devices use patented sensor architecture and...

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