Insights

Focus on the foreign to life

August 12, 2024
Xenobiotics – those chemical substances found within organisms but not naturally produced by them – are a significant part of Dr Narimantas __nas’ research at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre...

Lab Babble: Alphabetti spaghetti

August 6, 2024
The acronymitis virus has reached all corners of science. Russ Swan senses an opportunity…

The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology

August 6, 2024
CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its use has expanded into cell line engineering, which holds promises of groundbreaking advancements, insists Philip Hargreaves.

Shafted by progress

July 29, 2024
There was little chance of Archimedes losing his screw; things are very different today, reflects Matthew Partridge.

Nuclear arsenal

July 29, 2024
Advances in benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation have brought the benefits of NMR spectroscopy without the associated time and money costs, explains Jürgen Kolz – providing a useful weapon against...

Past and present in synthesis

July 22, 2024
Our guest speaker for the annual Laboratory News session at CHEMUK was Finlay Morrison. His well-received insight, into the role of archive data transformation in unlocking the potential of AI-driven...

A matter of scale

July 22, 2024
Funding support and infrastructure are needed to bring bio-based products and processes to market and meet net zero targets, urges Lynsey Dunbar. Otherwise, start-ups will be looking elsewhere.

New lab… but is it operationally ready?

July 7, 2024
Lab space may be in short supply but don't neglect any element of the moving in process, urges Tes Adamou: the first step on arrival should be achieving the best...

Faster to market

June 10, 2024
AI capable of refining content and analysing data offers incremental gains in life sciences, argues Bryan Hill.

Floored science

June 10, 2024
The lab is a key and growing component of the annual CHEMUK Expo. Managing director of show organisers UK Industry Events, Ian Stone discusses how he seeks to balance laboratory...

Casting light on the matter

June 4, 2024
Instrument manufacturer Waters Corporation has teamed up with the University of Surrey to provide students with a practical understanding of a key spectroscopic technique to improve their knowledge and boost...

Future Labs Live 2024: Digital, automated, connected

June 4, 2024
Basel braces for anything up to 3,000 innovators, industry leaders and practitioners attending the global event at the city’s Congress Centre, from 26-27 June 2024.

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