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Just your standard expert…

October 25, 2012
Dr Alan Rawle provides first-hand experience and a personal view of what it takes to be an expert member of a standards committee. He also explains how documentary standards are...

A chilling story of counterfeit refrigerants

October 23, 2012
Trade in counterfeit and poor quality refrigerants is on the increase, bringing with it a host of potential consequences, ranging from poor process performance at one end of the scale,...

The ever changing laboratory

October 18, 2012
The root of many a scientific breakthrough comes off the back of improvements in instrumentation says Hanna Grano-Fabritius In any trade or profession, tools play a major role in the...

A new dawn for forensics

October 16, 2012
Partnership provides unique approach to forensic provision and police investigations LGC Forensics has nine sites in the UK and two in Germany and employs circa 600 scientists, technicians and support...

The gravity of the situation

October 11, 2012
The reliability of sensors is the very bedrock of science – but can location, calibration and application influence their accuracy? Mike baker is here to tell us that gravity can...

The real Walking with Dinosaurs

October 9, 2012
3D scanning and Geomagic Studio 3D imaging/reverse engineering software is being used by the University of Manchester to enable the 3D modelling of both pre-historic and modern-day animals and the...

Turning up the heat

October 4, 2012
David Collins explores why High Temperature Liquid Chromatography (HTLC) has become such a hot topic, the benefits, precautions and risks that must be considered when applying elevated temperatures to a...

Bacteriocins – novel ways for antimicrobial treatments

October 2, 2012
While rates of hospital-acquired MRSA and C. difficile have dropped, E. coli has emerged as a new threat in the fight against antibiotic resistance – Chris Penfold believes it could...

Lifting the veil on ME

September 27, 2012
Despite a definitive description of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis being published in the 1980s, very little is known about the disease – with some professionals even questioning whether it is a real...

What’s in your drinking water?

September 25, 2012
Imma Ferrer and Michael Thurman discuss a novel method for the determination of contaminants in drinking water. They explain that by using direct aqueous injection by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry...

Spider silk – from catching spiders to industrial applications

September 20, 2012
Since ancient times spider silk has fascinated man because of the elegant way it combines strength and elasticity. It can even enable the regeneration of peripheral nerves in rats and...

Who says you can’t develop?

September 18, 2012
Charlotte Ashley-Roberts, RSC Careers Specialist, explores why professional development is so important, and how contrary to popular belief, it is accessible to allProfessional Development strikes fear into the hearts of...

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