Features

Get some direction in your lab

July 15, 2008
Microbes are involved in many industrial biological processes, and improving them could increase output and decrease waste – but how can this be possible? One company think that a spot...

Tune in to radio location

July 10, 2008
Location and timing technologies are playing an increasingly important role in healthcare provision in hospitals and as an aid for assisted living for the elderly and disabled. Bob Cockshott of...

Long live the laboratory show!

July 10, 2008
With general laboratory shows in the UK becoming a very rare beast indeed – SLS think that nothing short of a revolution will breath the life back into this once...

Slipping through the net

July 8, 2008
There is growing concern over the lack of legislation for emerging environmental contaminants. Now new methods developed in Spain could help us find out just how big the problem is....

Consolidate with confidence

July 3, 2008
Keeping up with the demands of a modern pathology lab can be a real challenge. Could the key be consolidation of analyses? Carla Deakin gives us the view from the...

Plastic, plastic everywhere…but not a drop to drink

July 1, 2008
Life in today's modern world would not be possible without plastic, but some of the by-products of its manufacture are far from environmentally friendly. Here we learn how to determine...

Dublins fair city

June 19, 2008
Held every two years, BioMedica is Ireland's largest conference and exhibition dedicated to laboratory medicine and presents a unique opportunity to update scientific and technical knowledge. Laboratory News reports on...

reverting to type

June 12, 2008
The identification of microorganisms is an essential part of quality control in the pharmaceutical, personal care and food industries. Recent improvements in PCR, sequencing and software have greatly reduced the...

Microscopy on the up!

June 5, 2008
As technology gets smaller, the field of microscopy gets bigger. Laboratory News takes a look at MICROSCIENCE 2008, the event that features it all

Go your own way

June 3, 2008
When it comes to automation, what works in one lab is unlikely to work in another. That is when the extra pair of eyes of a third party can pay...

Shine a light on your proteins

May 29, 2008
During therapeutic protein development it is vital that the active ingredient remains stable in various conditions – the best way to examine stable protein formulations, says Sigrid Kuebler, is to...

Fighting the fraudsters

May 22, 2008
Each year the NHS loses millions of pounds as a result of fraudulent activity and the laboratory environment is not immune to this. But as Barry Hill discovered, one organisation...

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