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Safety and simplicity: What to look for in a modern-day centrifuge

November 18, 2013
Feature
One centrifuge and many users can result in lost samples and mishaps – but what can be done to prevent accidents in the lab?Centrifuges are designed to spin and separate...
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The science of speed

November 18, 2013
Insight
The science of speed is fraught with frustration for Russ Swan, but a chance meeting leads to a rather thrilling change of heart  As a self-confessed geek, out and proud,...
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Is private investment robbing science of important finds?

November 15, 2013
Insight
An incredibly well-preserved fossil of two duelling dinosaurs is set to go under the hammer this month, fetching as much as $10m – but at what cost to science?A tyrannosaur...
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Waste not, want not

November 14, 2013
Feature
Laboratory waste management in the UK has come a long way, with some waste now even regarded as a resource – but there is much more to be done to...
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Life Fantastic with Dr Alison Woollard

November 8, 2013
Insight
Dr Alison Woollard from the University of Oxford plans to excite the nation’s inner-scientist with her fantastic tales of developmental biology as she delivers this year’s RI Christmas Lectures.Are you...
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Shock tactics

November 7, 2013
Feature
From aircraft safety to extra-terrestrial life – how understanding lightning associated with a volcanic eruption is key to many breakthroughs. Here we learn how Dr Karen Aplin is beginning to...
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Doing the groundwork

November 5, 2013
Feature
Soil testing is crucial, both to comply with environmental regulations and to diagnose ‘soil health’. Here we learn that the latest ICP-OES offers a reliable technique for the difficult task...
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Fracking furore

November 1, 2013
Insight
A few weeks ago, after several months of dedicated encampment, anti-fracking protesters dismantled their camp in West Sussex after energy firm Cuadrilla finished test drilling for oil.Now – regardless of...
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Number Cruncher 8

November 1, 2013
Insight
Volcanoes can be a cruel and destructive force as the statistics behind these natural phenomenon testify
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Interview with Stephanie Preston, scientific glassblower

October 31, 2013
News
Laboratory News visits Big Ask participant Stephanie Preston about the seemingly dwindling art-form of scientific glassblowing.We learn how Stephanie became interested in the delicate and intricate process of blowing glass...
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