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Making molecules dance to our tune

February 20, 2012
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Dermot Martin takes a look at the interconnected dance of quantum chemistry and super computersThe brilliant French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac once said of chemistry that one day soon the...
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Wired Science

February 16, 2012
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One supercomputer at Warwick University is connecting the work of hundreds of science researchers around the worldScience advancement and research and development needs computing power. At the University of Warwick’s...
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The microchip at 50: its medical triumphs to date

February 7, 2012
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As last year marked the 50th anniversary of the microchip, Laboratory News investigates the microchip’s potential in the world of medicine, including restoring vision to previously blind patientsThe first silicon...
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Creating the perfect laboratory

February 3, 2012
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Oxford University’s new research laboratories have been designed by Make Architects and Nightingale Associates – Laboratory News learns what goes into making the perfect labWhat does it take to remain...
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Spring cleaning in space

January 24, 2012
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Space is long overdue for a spring clean suggests a NASA-sponsored report which revealed the amount of space junk orbiting the Earth has reached tipping point – but what solutions...
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Solar so good

January 19, 2012
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In order for solar technology to advance we need to fully understand the impacts of different materials on thermal performance. Here, Peter Davies discusses thermal characterisation of photovoltaic materialsThe solar...
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Speculate to accumulate

January 17, 2012
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Rapid microbial methods can save a laboratory time and money – but incorporating them can be a battle with management. Here is our guide to getting the money men to...
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Biomedicine meets biophotonics

January 12, 2012
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Over the last 50 years, laser light has become an all-encompassing tool in many areas of science and technology, industrial production, and healthcare. Today, physicians use lasers to improve the...
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How to explore the human genome

January 10, 2012
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It’s been over 10 years since the first draft of the human genome was published and since then the race has been on to identify disease-causing genetic variations. As we...
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Piecing together quality and compliance

January 5, 2012
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Julian Rutherford explains that quality assurance and compliance need not be two separate entitiesAll too often, issues of quality assurance and compliance are viewed as a paperwork exercise to demonstrate...
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COSHH and the human touch

January 3, 2012
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Roger Gibbs exposes the three commons myths behind implementing COSHH in the workplace and discovers that while modern technology is important human input is still vitalThe Control of Substances Hazardous...
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Unravelling the cytoskeleton

December 22, 2011
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Examining the proteins associated with the cytoskeleton has proved to be a tricky prospect. Here we learn that it is possible to selectively purify this group of important biomolecules and...
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