Features

Drinking water contamination is not just a problem for the developing world _– developed countries increasingly face water contamination problems. To tackle all water contamination issues time is of the...

Ten years on and still shining bright: A decade of success for Diamond Light Source

July 12, 2012

We take a look at Diamond Light Source as it celebrates its 10th anniversaryIn its tenth anniversary year Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, now rivals the...

A visionary resource: UK Biobank

July 10, 2012

UK Biobank, a visionary project to improve the health of future generations, has opened. After ten years of detailed planning and development, the pioneering resource is now available for scientists...

Gotta get yourself connected

July 5, 2012

More timely, inexpensive, and accurate data capture enhances a hospital’s competitive advantage, but aggregating medical devices requires real expertise, says Martin Poppelaars of LantronixRemote health monitoring, personal wellness, and assisted...

Delivering on the promise of the paperless lab

July 3, 2012

Many labs have made significant investments in tools, technologies and solutions to help improve productivity, better manage data/information and optimise their business processes. However, the reality is that most have...

Putting a little structure in your drug design

June 28, 2012

The logic seems sound: If you want to design an efficacious drug, then you need to understand the target well. Yet the use of structure based drug design still has...

Smaller is better

June 28, 2012

Mike Fisher tells us how emerging nanotechnology is set to revolutionise medical devicesThe ageing population, prevalence of chronic diseases and the rise of emerging economies in areas such as the...

Cutting down the cross-talk

June 27, 2012

Regulatory demands for the use of pesticides are ever increasing and triple quad GC-MS seems to be the tool to meet them. However ‘cross-talk’ issues can cause analytical problems –...

Microscopy makes amazing glazing

June 26, 2012

The York Glaziers Trust, Britain’s oldest and largest specialist stained glass conservation studio, has recently embarked upon the conservation of York Minster’s Great East window, Britain’s largest expanse of medieval...

Carbon measurement – providing the foundations for addressing climate change

June 21, 2012

Jane Burston, Head of the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory, explains why the development of measurement infrastructure is vital to understanding climate change impacts and advancing...

Best of both worlds

June 20, 2012

Microscopy provides high information content that can be used to discriminate cells based on their appearance but analysis is often subjective and lacks statistical power. Combining the information content of...

High time for synthetic cannabinoid analysis

June 19, 2012

Herbal incense blends containing synthetic cannabinoids are being developed and introduced to the market at an alarming rate. Today’s forensic laboratories are challenged to confirm and quantify the controlled forms...