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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
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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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A lighter approach

September 18, 2023
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The drive to achieve sustainable laboratories affects all areas of operation. After the more obvious targets have been addressed, attention is shifting to other areas, notably fluorescence microscopy. Light emitting...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Informed consent: Maximising compliance and minimising risk

September 12, 2023
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While the principle of participant consent is better appreciated in clinical research today than in previous decades, the opportunities for error remain considerable. However, a combination of digital technologies and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Water, the source of (lab) life

September 11, 2023
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When it comes to laboratory liquid, there’s just nothing that can top the peerless H20, argues Matthew Partridge.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Innovation in digital imaging is essential for the modern lab

September 5, 2023
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Technological advances mean switching from microscopes to digital alternatives can be achieved without sacrificing image quality. And, says Gina Zini, this allows better quality screening and clinical collaboration, improved training,...
Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Policy
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Game Theory: Ocean Pods

September 4, 2023
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Leicestershire-based Molinarius Games has a water focus. So how does its Ocean Pods board game measure up for our duo?
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Marine Biology, Policy
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Cycling to zero

September 4, 2023
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Images of workplace pollution and waste usually focus on heavy industry but ignore the sizeable contribution to the problem made by life science and labs, says Julien Tremblin. Yet sustainability...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Policy
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Van Leeuwenhoek’s rich legacy endures three centuries on

August 24, 2023
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He may have been a late starter in the field with which his name is indelibly associated but Antony van Leeuwenhoek's presence endures after 300 years says Professor Brian J...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Forensics, Materials
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Look beyond the Horizon

August 2, 2023
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While many scientists are keen to see the UK back in the Horizon Europe programme, Professor Brian J Ford remains sceptical about the benefits…
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Accelerating cancer research with automation

July 30, 2023
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Chemotherapies that rely on replication-associated DNA damage can affect healthy cells as well as cancer cells, to the detriment of patients. Sweden’s Karolinska Institute is developing DNA repair inhibitors that...
Life Sciences
Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Health, Medical/Health
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New tools for an old enemy

July 30, 2023
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It’s 30 years since the World Health Organisation identified the resurgence of tuberculosis as a global public health emergency, an issue reiterated by its present head. TB drug resistance underlines...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Cell Biology, Comment And Analysis, Health, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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