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Where there is darkness, let there be light…

March 12, 2023
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Myths abound about the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights and have done for centuries. The recent opportunity to view them from the United Kingdom is a reminder that we are...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Comment And Analysis
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Lab Diary: Aurora provides lecture time enlightenment

March 7, 2023
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Recent days have offered a rare opportunity to view the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in the United Kingdom, with sightings observed even in South Wales and Southern East England.
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Comment And Analysis
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Investing in futures

March 5, 2023
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It’s not only students who need to take placements seriously. Lab managers too must adopt a long-term view of their value, suggests George Barsted.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Weighing: the environmental impact

February 10, 2023
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Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smaller scale it can affect them adversely too, as in the case...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Comment And Analysis, Engineering, Environment, Physics
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Scientific nesting places

February 6, 2023
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If the day job leaves little space to stay abreast of happenings in the lab world, Twitter does have its uses…
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Physics, Policy
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Measuring up for modern times

January 16, 2023
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The latest iteration of the International System of Units has been a long time coming, explains Richard Brown, and it’s necessary if we are to keep up with developments in...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Physics, Policy
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Can you use a large electron microscope next to a freight train?

December 5, 2022
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Thomas E Davies describes the challenges of operating highly sensitive equipment in a city environment surrounded by vibration-generating activities.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Engineering, Environment, Health & Safety
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Image integrity in academic papers

November 28, 2022
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Academic papers are the most important medium for introducing results to the scientific community, so researchers, editors and publishers have an ethical obligation to ensure all the data shared is...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Materials Science, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Sustainability’s other R-words

November 20, 2022
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Environmental practice has its own version of the Three Rs, says Colin Shandley, so why stop at ‘Recycle’?
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Policy
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The final frontier

November 20, 2022
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Sustainability goals in science must include one untilrecently overlooked issue: lab space and the lack of it. Without increased automation and the use of emerging technology, says Doug Rich, futureproofing...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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