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Turning to gold

July 21, 2025
Insight
Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s biennial prize for materials engineering Graham Hutchings shares his personal research journey, when a career-long ‘love affair’ with gold led to pioneering advances...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Policy
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A biotech boost for Scotland

July 21, 2025
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Scotland’s first open-access 300-litre fermenter promises to provide a major boost for the country’s bioeconomy, explains IBioIC’s Neil Renault.
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis
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Let Grok take over your life…

July 4, 2025
Insight
Others may quail at the onward march of AI but, in one respect at least, professor Brian J Ford has no hesitation endorsing its benefits.
Physics & Engineering
Comment And Analysis, Computer Science
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Rising demand, shrinking footprint

July 3, 2025
Insight
In a prelude to the Lab Innovations show, Mark Withers considers one of the most pressing issues for the laboratory sector – the critical shortage of spaces and how to...
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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It’s Lego, but not as we know it

June 7, 2025
Insight
Two worlds collide, to Russ Swan’s delight.
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Forensics, Materials, Materials Science, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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3D printing in the lab

June 7, 2025
Insight
The biomedical sector is emerging as a key arena for 3D printing technologies, enabling researchers to access new tools to tackle design challenges, explains Ricky Wildman.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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On point for delivery

June 1, 2025
Insight
Do microneedles represent the future in the field of drug delivery? Rachel Sully argues for the benefits they offer in terms of ease of administration, effective sterilisation and avoidance of...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Gut reaction

June 1, 2025
Insight
Public interest in the significance of the microbiome has been increasing but until now testing has not always been sufficiently rigorous, says Jeremy Wilkinson.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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Securing the base

May 27, 2025
Insight
Lack of reliable access and sufficient supply of chemicals can undermine laboratory operations, warns Erica Hirsch. Ensuring smooth logistics and well documented sourcing is a must.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Critical alternatives

May 27, 2025
Insight
As the supply of rare earth elements becomes an increasing geopolitical issue, Akseli Mansikkamäki and his colleagues at the University of Oulu are developing molecules to address the challenge.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Forensics, Geology, Geophysics, Green Chemistry, Materials, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Soil Science
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From manual to molecular

May 19, 2025
Insight
Covid-19 set the precedent for the ‘molecularisation’ of healthcare, argues Fiona Smith.
Uncategorised
Comment And Analysis
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Powering the world’s most innovative materials

May 19, 2025
Insight
Materials innovation plays a critical role in economic development, explains David Knowles, and digitalisation is vital to speeding up the process from lab to manufacture.
Materials
Comment And Analysis, Materials, Materials Science, Policy
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