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Water water everywhere…

November 23, 2010
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Contamination events can happen at any time – day or night – and analytical laboratories must act fast to produce rapid, accurate contaminant identification, how can they be sure their...
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Getting to the matter of the heart

November 22, 2010
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What can a three-generational study in a small American town tell us about cardiovascular disease? The potential is endless says George Lipscomb - as long as the techniques used to...
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Breaking the code of neuroblastoma

November 19, 2010
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Next-generation data analysis software reveals how the methylation profile of certain gene sets can reveal key information on tumour growth and treatment. Importantly it also allows the actual researchers involved...
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Diamond discoveries

November 19, 2010
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Kerry Taylor-Smith left Lab News Towers and ventured into the heart of the Oxfordshire to discover what's new at the Diamond Light Source - and finds rusty hedgehogs, volcanic diamonds...
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Battling the big C

November 16, 2010
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Laboratory News learns about the award-winning work of the Gene Function Team at the Institute of Cancer Research.
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The science of Fear

November 11, 2010
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In exploring the flight or fright process neuroscientists are finding that the fear response is much more complex previously thought. Dare you read on?
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Knowing the secrets of compost

November 9, 2010
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Once the realm of green fingered types - composting is now attracting corporations. But can we reliably monitor bioaerosol emissions from these decomposing eco- stalwarts? The NPL think they have...
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My precious…

November 4, 2010
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The guarantees afforded by UKAS accreditation gives reassurance to all the UK Assay Office tests on your most cherished precious trinkets
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Radioactivity and the woman who discovered it

November 2, 2010
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One of the most iconic female scientists, Marie Curie was the first scientist to share not one but two Nobel Prizes. She not only influenced the world, but her own...
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Technical training: imperative or option?

October 28, 2010
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Technician training has taken a backseat in recent years, HEaTED aims to use the wealth of experience of those currently in the job to train the next generation
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Uncovering the Lethal Cocktail

October 26, 2010
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Ric Treble lets us in on the analytical challenges in testing illegal drugs widely marketed under the guise of plant foods and research chemicals
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Analysing VOCs

October 21, 2010
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Volatile organic compounds are harmful to human health and the environment, but testing for these gases is improving
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