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The QC lab – Connecting the digital landscape

December 20, 2021
There is an almost universal need to combat the growing complexity of disjointed quality control ecosystems that have sprung up in laboratories as a result of previously limited technological solutions....

Laboratories: sustainable design and operation

December 17, 2021
Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Dr Manisha Kulkarni discusses why laboratory environments, by nature, consume high levels of energy and how energy efficiency and environmental impact can be tackled through small,...

Rule Zero: Is this meeting really necessary?

December 16, 2021
As the #greatresignation sweeps organisations into a new reality across the nation, Russ Swan discusses the purpose of meetings and reassesses the rules of rulemaking...

Good research has never been more important

December 3, 2021
With scientific matters enjoying the media spotlight, Dr Frances Downey argues that the scientific research community has an even greater responsibility to ensure the highest standards of practice, uphold core...

IF AI = 1 THEN Partridge = 0

November 26, 2021
Contemplating the potential for personal redundancy as a result of too much daydreaming, Dr Matthew Partridge risks another few hours musing over the benefits and limits of laboratory processes run...

How to gain Chinese regulation compliance

November 12, 2021
Dr Paul Orange outlines the project which led to his involvement in the new Chinese battery protocol regulations. In response to customer demand, he led an initiative that ensured all...

Construction robotics – research and innovation from China

November 12, 2021
While advances in robotic automation have revolutionised manufacturing over past decades, assembling a wide range of everyday items from vehicles to consumer electronics, we have yet to see a similar...

Pandemic accelerates automation in the lab sector

October 15, 2021
Laboratories are just one of the many businesses that were forced to adapt operations because of the coronavirus pandemic. While some QA/QC labs fared well, others that rely on collaborative...

Anticipating the smart laboratory

October 8, 2021
Environments impact our behaviours and interactions with one another, and Nick Jones believes the smart money is on agile facilities designed around employee wellbeing.

How to ‘go all Google’ – feeding time at the local laboratory

October 7, 2021
With absolutely no ulterior motives… Fox’s Party Ring fan, Dr Matthew Partridge discusses the not-so-trivial value proposition in ‘going all Google’ and laying out free food and snacks for your...

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