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Playing it cool

April 8, 2024
In the lab, the need for effective temperature control is a given. And as demands have increased, so has the precision offered by technology such as wireless data loggers, says...

Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Bodge it, Badger

April 2, 2024
Given the realities of working life, a bodge job can beat the company’s purchasing protocols, advises Matthew Partridge.

Science in the round

April 2, 2024
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) remains one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research bodies, with a vast network of facilities. Laboratory News interviewed Dr Ludmilla Mee about the unique...

Scaling the digital mountain

March 24, 2024
Hub locations are as much a feature in healthcare as for life sciences in general. Ursula Costa outlines how the Swiss city of Basel is nurturing digital innovation.

(Almost) one hundred and eighty!

March 24, 2024
Time was when three scientific disciplines sufficed, says Russ Swan. They’ve multiplied, to say the least.

Identity crisis?

March 18, 2024
When the Royal Society of Chemistry began to tackle the barriers to disabled entrants to the profession, it threw up as many questions as answers, says Emrys Travis.

Translating to liquid assets

March 18, 2024
Biotech ValiRx’s new spin-out prompted its evolution from a virtual operation to encompass wet labs. Suzy Dilly charts the journey of construction, integrating scientific assets, and launching in a new...

The far horizon

March 11, 2024
Innovate UK has gone public this year with the research for its list of the top 50 emerging technologies that could shape our future. The object, says Simone Boekelaar, is...

A vision beyond gold

March 11, 2024
Little more than a year since its win at the Lab Awards, Cytecom has secured an NIHCR contract to take its bacterial detection application through the first stage of clinical...

Unravelling the secrets of RNA

March 4, 2024
Advancing scientific knowledge of plant structures not only improves crop yields but also helps treat viruses, explains Yiliang Ding.

Farm to gutter: Genomic surveillance to track AMR

March 4, 2024
Governments are waking up to the dangers presented by antimicrobial resistance but the focus on clinical monitoring needs to be complemented with much more attention to livestock and wastewater contamination...

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