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Lab Babble: Be damned and don’t publish

May 29, 2024
Commercial priorities are killing the usefulness of web platforms and publishing, despairs Russ Swan.

Hurricane hunters

May 29, 2024
Cruising thousands of feet above the Arctic through a raging storm isn’t the most congenial research environment – unless you are part of Alaska’s flying laboratory of weather scientists. Sabrina...

Six degrees of separation

May 20, 2024
Labs play an essential role in advancing sustainability in the wider world but they need to tackle their own levels of waste and consumption. Graham Matthews provides a simple checklist...

Once more, with feeling

May 20, 2024
AI has proven its worth as a research tool and now it’s time to tap its potential for clinical trials, argues Tero Laulajainen. That places more, rather than less, onus...

Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Greet with scepticism

May 14, 2024
AI isn’t going anywhere, says Matthew Partridge, so let’s stop worrying and think more about how to make it work properly.

Faster to market

May 14, 2024
AI capable of refining content and analysing data offers incremental gains in life sciences, argues Bryan Hill.

Biomaterial adoption: from lab to commercialisation

May 7, 2024
Enhancing biomaterials’ water resistance through chemical modification increases their potential to replace emissions-heavy materials and provide a major reduction in manufacturing carbon dioxide. Jack Andrew explains how start-up Cellexcel is...

Purpose before profit: Antonia Seymour, IOPP

April 28, 2024
IOPP’s Antonia Seymour outlines why the publisher has joined forces with AIP Publishing and the American Physical Society (APS) to create the Purpose-Led Publishing coalition and argues this better serves...

The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology

April 22, 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 Promega's Philip Hargreaves…

Look to your assets

April 15, 2024
Waste reduction or recycling is usually the focus for driving greener practice in the lab but what about asset management? It can improve efficiency and sustainability simultaneously, explains Katie Harrison.

Honing in on the chemical lab

April 15, 2024
This year’s version of the CHEMUK show is the largest ever but it also has an enhanced focus on the chemical laboratory, which has its dedicated zone and programme.

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