Features

Close to the madding crowd

August 4, 2015
To engage the public in your work, whilst also solving that all-important research funding problem? It is possible – and harnessing the potential of ‘the crowd’ is the key...

New protocol for old microscopes…

July 28, 2015
As he continues his journey into the lost world of the Leeuwenhoek microscope...Brian J Ford asks, just how many genuine examples are there?

Getting the brains to match our brawn

July 21, 2015
When it comes to accelerator science, Professor Carsten P. Welsch thinks there simply isn’t enough brain to go with our ever growing technological brawn. Here we learn of a training...

Putting up the barriers

July 16, 2015
Traditionally, airflow containment or dust capture hoods systems have been ideal for laboratory use, but as we become more and more H&S conscious, do we need to move to a...

Time to stop horsing around?

July 14, 2015
A threat to data quality and even a real danger to human health; it is vitally important to understand the effects of endotoxins

Go west, go digital

July 9, 2015
Due to its high sensitivity, X-ray film has been the most popular material used for western blot visualisation for decades. Digital imagers, which once lagged behind in this feature, have...

The Instrumental Access Campaign

July 6, 2015
Here Nina Dudnik introduces Seeding Labs, and tells us how you and your institution can empower talented scientists across the globe…

Keeping your clean rooms clean

July 5, 2015
Collaboration is key to future proofing clean rooms says Sue Springett from Teknomek. Here are a few pointers on how to design your clean room…

Are you alone?

June 30, 2015
Peter Swan examines the often-overlooked issue of laboratory lone worker protection

Gotta get yourself protected

June 23, 2015
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is a frontline, point-of-contact, hazard control for those working with dangerous substances in laboratories; here is our 10 step guide to an effective PPE program

Taking on the world’s first genetic disease

June 18, 2015
Identified over a century ago, Alkaptonuria still has no cure. But with several possible approaches, this is something the AKU society think can change...

Bringing biotech to industry

June 16, 2015
Recent large-scale investment has seen Industrial Biotechnology hit the headlines. It is a rapidly growing sector here in the UK, and predicted to be worth up to £12 billion by...

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