Features

Clean glassware – a clear favourite

September 2, 2007
When striving for good laboratory practice, clean glassware is a must – here, Lee Marshall tells us how to win the battle with grime

Getting the measure of uncertainty

August 28, 2007
The work of the laboratory is dependant on taking measurements. But are you certain you know the importance of uncertainty? Here, John Hurll of UKAS gives us an overview of...

Friend or foe?

August 22, 2007
Chemicals have been used to boost agriculture for decades, and have resulted in increased yields and better shelf-life. But at what cost asks Michael Wong

Changing the nature of separation

August 17, 2007
Label-Free Intrinsic Imaging (LFII) is a new method of separation that promises substantial advantages over standard technologies currently in use. Here Stuart Hassard explains how deltaDOT got to grips with...

Leading the way in rapid detection technology

August 13, 2007
It is not just academia that can spawn successful spin-outs – here we find out how to go from defence technology to food science in one easy step

An expert at your shoulder

August 7, 2007
Most modern analytical systems help the user to make good measurements, some advertising 'single click' analysis. Generating meaningful data, however, is not simply about making a measurement. Now 'expert systems'...

Partners at the cutting edge of technology

August 1, 2007
Dr Xue-Feng Yuan and his team at Manchester's new Interdisciplinary Biocentre are working in collaboration with UK's instrumentation company, Linkam Scientific, to develop new tools to better understand flow characterisation...

Fibre optics – laser delivery for the future

July 25, 2007
Instrument builders are under constant pressure to create more functional, more reliable, higher-performing instrumentation. In this pursuit, single-mode fiber optic delivery of laser beams is increasingly being seen as a...

Water Purification

July 19, 2007
No other compound is so widely used in the laboratory, but is your water of sufficient quality? Here, Simon Charlesworth guides us through the process of water purification.

Hitting the spot

July 17, 2007
In the post genomic era new techniques seemed to appear overnight and many disappeared just as quickly. Here we discover how microarray spotting robots have survived – just.

Man or mouse

July 10, 2007
When it comes to understanding and modeling human disease, clinical chemistry of the mouse has proved crucial. Here Tertius Hough tells us how this humble rodent can unlock the functional...

Medical technology – a question of convergence

July 3, 2007
As the initial group of students complete their projects at the UK's first medical device doctoral training centre we take a look at some of the top devices coming out...

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