Features

Easing health and safety compliance in the lab

September 8, 2011
Health, safety, and security in laboratories are of growing concern to the public, government agencies, research institutions, and now also to scientists. Here is our guide to easing the compliance...

On the face of it…

September 6, 2011
Our ability to measure on the micro- and nano- scale is vital in many everyday items - and if you get the topology correct there is often no need to...

Embracing IR

September 6, 2011
Dr Jerry Sellors examines recent technological advancements in IR and looks at how the technique is meeting diverse industry demands

Beating the edge effect

September 1, 2011
There are several different factors which can increase both noise and variability of cell-based assays for high throughput screening. In particular, the edge effect causes a significant increase in plate...

Sweet but not so innocent

September 1, 2011
They might seem fairly innocuous, but sweets can represent a real choking hazard. Three scientists from LGC let us in on what tests sweets go through before being let on...

Biomagnetic Separation: an attractive tool for your lab

August 18, 2011
Separating molecules, cells and DNA from solutions is a common process happening in biotech, pharma and clinical labs across the world. These labs also find a common set of problems...

Calling a halt on downtime

August 16, 2011
How can remote diagnostics – which have been used by aircraft manufacturers for years – help prevent downtime in the medical laboratory?

WiFi ready for the Lab?

August 16, 2011
The Internet lies at the heart of today's social, educational and business worlds. The next logical development for such communication pathways is to use this global network over a variety...

Supplying an analytical advantage

August 11, 2011
Potential environmental risk is something all manufacturers need to be aware of which has driven the 'environmental analytics' market to grow in recent years. Here we learn that gas is...

Rudolph sees blue

August 9, 2011
In nearly all mammals, including humans, the cornea and lens block UV light from entering the eye, but not in the arctic reindeer; not only does UV light reach the...

Waste not, want not

August 4, 2011
The government's aspiration for a 'zero waste economy' places increased pressure on waste producers and the UK's £9bn waste management industry. Ian Rippin discusses the regulatory drivers and how laboratory...

Personalising radiotherapy

August 2, 2011
Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden Hospital pioneered intensity-modulated radiotherapy and in 2007 conducted the first clinical trial of IMRT in breast cancer. Two new...

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