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The hidden value in your lab

December 10, 2014
Take a look around your laboratory, there may be a wealth of instrumentation and equipment sitting unused. Ben Potenza introduces us to the concept of proactive asset management for idle...

Seek and destroy

December 9, 2014
The use of nanoparticles in cancer research is considered to be a promising approach in the fight against tumour cells. Yet the method often fails because the human immune system...

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – in the Laboratology

December 8, 2014
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the laboratory Not an experiment was stirring, not even the gas chromatography; The labcoats were hung by the door with great care,...

Supplements: because they’re worth it?

December 4, 2014
It’s a minefield out there – with so many brands, doses and combinations, how can consumers know which vitamins or minerals they should take – if they should take any...

How a comet can inspire a generation

December 1, 2014
In the middle of November – I hardly need remind you – the human race made a historic, if rather bumpy, landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The first time such a...

Super spectroscopy

November 30, 2014
In the final LN Companion Series of 2014, we take a look at an analytical method that has enlightened us in so many ways. It has allowed us to probe...

UK-built comms technology to fly on ISS

November 27, 2014
The UK subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has won the first phase of a contract to supply the European module of the International Space Station with its own...

What are you saying, exactly?

November 24, 2014
Hidden messages. Could there be anything more innately conspiratorial? Books, films – entire cults even – have been based on the idea that within one form of document there nestles...

Making the most of waste

November 20, 2014
Waste can be a goldmine and laboratory testing is the best way to take advantage of this, but – says Ryan Haughey – if the UK waste industry does not...

Need a new holiday destination? Let us help

November 17, 2014
Bored of the same old holiday destinations? Want to try something a bit different? Let Russ Swan take you on a journey out of this world… Autumn means it’s time...

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