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Supporting Carers in the workplace

March 15, 2022
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Five million people juggle care responsibilities with work in the UK alone. Ruth Watson explains the challenges faced by carers in the workplace, many of whom do not even realise...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Physics, Policy
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Transitioning your values for gender neutrality

March 8, 2022
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The world is in transition, and we must evolve along with it. Understanding and adopting the language and behaviours required to fully include transgender people into society is a change...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Personalised medicine demands diversity in clinical trials

February 23, 2022
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Equity requires us to recognise and celebrate our differences, especially when it comes to health. To exemplify the need for diversity in clinical trials, Daniel Cook discusses what the underlying...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics
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Mitigating implicit bias in your laboratory

February 22, 2022
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In the ongoing battle for workplace equity, diversity and inclusion, we are all responsible for our own actions. Here, we discuss how we may all become a little more self-aware...
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Laboratory worker allergies go under the microscope 

February 8, 2022
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To date, there are relatively few studies on the relationship between exposure to laboratory allergens and animals and the incidence of lab-related allergies. Here, Jennifer Wright looks at newer studies...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Sustainable savings: 4 ways labs can reduce water use

February 3, 2022
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In times when sustainability and waste reduction remain high on the agenda of laboratory managers despite tight budgets, limited resources, and the need to focus on core business, Emily Newton...
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Food forensics: how AI can smell authentic olive oil

January 27, 2022
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Extra virgin olive (EVO) oils are highly complex. Here, Prof Chiara Cordero discusses the application of an AI smelling machine to analyse, qualify, categorise, and authenticate olive oil and counteract...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Analytical Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Forensics, Green Chemistry, In Depth, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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How to train your AI microscope

January 20, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence will define the future of microscopy. With increased demand for more powerful image analysis across many highly regulated sectors, Luciano Lucas discusses the need to train AI models...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Materials, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Parasitology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology
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Astrophotography: new tech for the ‘New Astronomy’

January 19, 2022
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Space tourism remains out of reach for most, but Laurent Marfisi looks at how smart telescopes, astrophotography, the New Astronomy movement, and the New Space industry are helping amateur astronomers...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, In Depth, Physics
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Diagnosing exotic animals

January 13, 2022
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From one of the UK's leading veterinary diagnostic laboratories specialising in an array of exotic animals, Mary Pinborough discusses the joys and pitfalls of working with exotic animals and how...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Parasitology, Pathology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology
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Electron diffraction: A technique suggesting radically new things

January 11, 2022
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Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffraction, is gaining increasing attention. Dr Eric Hovestreydt discusses why nanocrystallography using electron radiation to achieve atomic...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Food & Bev, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, In Depth, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography, Particle Physics, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Soil Science, Tectonics, Volcanology
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Picodroplet microfluidics – specialist chemicals for single cell analysis

January 10, 2022
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Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis. Olivia Hughes discusses novel multifunctional and biocompatible surfactants needed to create these miniature protective environments in which...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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