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Breaking down a breakup

November 6, 2023
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The seas around Florida provided the opportunity to analyse the movement of the Earth’s crust during the events that saw the breakup of Pangaea, explains Sabrina Reichert.
Earth & Environmental
Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Geology, Geophysics, Oceanography, Policy
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Building scientific communities

November 6, 2023
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The pandemic delivered a temporary setback to the face-to-face conference but spurred interest in how social media and other platforms can build networks that increase rather than restrict opportunities for...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Drilling down – or boring?

October 30, 2023
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If you find a subject dull, time to shoot the messenger, says Matthew Partridge.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Immunology, Pharma, Policy
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Walking the talk

October 30, 2023
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It’s easy to sign up to greener practice in principle but how do life sciences firms prove they deliver? Jeffrey Whitford, Vice President of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation at...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Environmental, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical
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Quantum of challenge

October 16, 2023
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Its market value will soon be measured in billions, yet quantum computing has yet to reach a marketable state and don’t expect it to replace classic computers, says Scott Jordan....
Chemistry, Materials
Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Materials Science, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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Lab Innovations 2023: sustainable solvent selection

October 9, 2023
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While much discussion around sustainability has focused on the energy efficiency of instruments and equipment, factors such as chemical and solvent selection are overlooked. says Paul Vanden Branden, who examines...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Engineering, Environment, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science, Policy
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Agents of change

October 9, 2023
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We have previously focused on the importance of diagnostic collaboration in combating TB. This time, PBD Biotech’s Ben Swift explains the impact of his company’s work with Leicester University in...
Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Microbiology
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Material concerns

October 2, 2023
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After the Titan tragedy, Russ Swan calls for more science, less reckless conjecture.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Physics
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The root of it

October 2, 2023
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Seaweed is an intrinsic part of our existence on this planet and it could just be the very thing that saves it too, argues Vincent Doumeizel. That’s why our perceptions...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food Science, Medical/Health
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Getting drastic on plastic

September 25, 2023
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Our third feature on the Lab innovations My Green Lab/Laboratory News-curated sessions details Labcon’s Fred Laboroi’s outline of how his company targeted consumables in order to drive down GHG emissions.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Outsmarting contaminants

September 25, 2023
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Time-consuming off-site manual testing is being supplanted in many areas by faster and greater capacity digital 24/7 field versions. James Flewellen details how one new collaboration could overhaul toxic material...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Food and Drink, Pharma
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Making a meal of it

September 18, 2023
Insight
Insect farming’s potential value to the future of food supply has been well documented. As ever, the challenge, says Eliaou Sellem, is scaling up from laboratory to industry.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Food & Bev
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