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A matter of fine detail

July 27, 2026
Insight
Your physical lab environment looks secure; now it’s time to take a more granular approach to design, advises Ricky Williams. Small changes reap big gains. Laboratory design is often discussed...
Physics & Engineering
laboratory design, laboratory workflow
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Future Chemistry Hub: From bench to AI

July 27, 2026
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Southampton University’s contribution to this year’s British Science Festival emphasises enjoyment and real-world experimentation to showcase how new developments are transforming chemistry, explains Matthew Partridge. This September, the School of...
Chemistry
AI & Digitalisation, Education & Skills, Events
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How the lab ecosystem shapes bench outcomes

July 20, 2026
Insight
Science depends for its validity upon standardised methods, good controls and reproducibility. That won’t happen if you don’t ensure you are working in a secure laboratory environment, reminds Rachel Sully....
Physics & Engineering
laboratory environment
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Rethinking healthcare data governance

July 20, 2026
Insight
The recent UK Biobank breach created alarm within a medical sector embracing data digitalisation. The answer, says Ángel Alberich-Bayarri, is to apply better controls. The recent UK Biobank data breach...
Life Sciences
data governance, health data
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Game Theory: Shallow Sea – Great Barrier Reef

July 5, 2026
Insight
Our duo Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner deep dive into Shallow Sea – Great Barrier Reef. WHAT IS SHALLOW SEA? The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest...
Earth & Environmental
biodiversity, Great Barrier Reef
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Teaching the rules: Sample handling in class

July 5, 2026
Insight
Treat school laboratories seriously, they’re the ultimate stress test environment for products and procedures and for shaping behaviours, urges Isabel Murphy. Even lab managers and suppliers can learn something. From...
Life Sciences
laboratory education, Sample integrity
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Lab-or-a-tol-o-gy: Software, soft soap

June 29, 2026
Insight
Over promising systems sellers can be the bane of the science researcher’s life, admits Matthew Partridge. There is an English idiom, ‘call a spade a spade’ which if you’ve not...
Life Sciences
AI, ELN, laboratory informatics, LIMS
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Designing for results: How layout ensures accuracy

June 29, 2026
Insight
With the pressure to generate results, optimise workflows and meet deadlines, sample integrity is taken for granted… until something goes wrong. Yet what happens around the bench in terms of...
Life Sciences
laboratory design, Sample integrity
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Harness your greatest fan

June 24, 2026
Insight
Follow the news and there’s much confusion about keeping cool. Today’s summary on the BBC recommends drawing your curtains and staying indoors, but didn’t mention the best way to keep...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Biology, climate, Comment, temperature regulation
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A disparity born of oversight: recognising women in science

June 23, 2026
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Dr Bernice Wright pays tribute to some of the most impactful women in the life sciences, and the vital role they continue to play … Women have long shaped the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment, Nobel prize, Women in science
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Was Clarkson’s cow killed for nothing?

June 20, 2026
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Did you watch Clarkson’s Farm the other evening? That poor cow Pepper was culled after routine tuberculosis tests. Clarkson was furious, and the nation was up in arms, writes professor...
Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental
Biology, Comment, Vaccines
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Show Preview: Insider view from the outside

June 14, 2026
Insight
The Lab Facilities Design & Development Summit Europe places the focus clearly on the built environment with a range of pertinent case studies. In its own words it is “the...
Physics & Engineering
Events, lab facilities, laboratory design
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