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The mind-boggling complexity of scientific waste

July 30, 2021
Why is scientific waste disposal complicated? Dr Matthew Partridge muses on that gap in student and researcher health and safety training, investigates documentation, and considers how we all might remember...

The journey to net zero carbon science

July 26, 2021
With a 2050 deadline for all buildings in the UK to be operationally net zero carbon, Tim Fry discusses the challenges faced by energy intensive building owners and occupiers and...

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,...

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...

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...

What should the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency look like?

April 15, 2021
Following the announcement of the proposed launch of the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA), Naomi Ikeda notes that details have been kept light to enable the first director...

Unlimited gas separations materials data and analysis for industry

January 25, 2021
An international research team has reduced the analysis of materials for gas separation from weeks to hours. The extraction of pure gases for use across the energy, utilities, food and...

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