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Gatsby: a benchmark for STEM success

April 22, 2026
The Gatsby Foundation’s benchmarks are helping transform school careers guidance. Good news for STEM employers, says Rachel Bibby, who explains how they have shaped IChemE’s educational outreach work...

Future Labs Live: Digital drive goes up a gear

April 21, 2026
Future Labs Live is a network of events across three continents and Basel is its centrepiece. While analytica in Germany is by far the single largest laboratory show, Future Labs...

Refit and proper

April 21, 2026
Conversion is an attractive alternative to new lab builds, says Todd Payne, but coherent design, reduced energy, full compliance and access for all are prerequisites. With world-class universities, research institutes and a...

CHEMUK2026: Chemicals, with a laboratory slant

April 21, 2026
CHEMUK’s remit runs wider than the laboratory but includes a specific focus upon it, linking what happens at the bench with industrial end results. “From the plant engineer searching for...

Moon myths: Artemis in proportion

April 16, 2026
Curious how space science is always exaggerated. If there’s a meteor shower due, when you might see a fleeting shooting star every five minutes or so, the artwork they provide...

When plasma leaves the laboratory

April 13, 2026
The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environment for producing next-generation materials, explains Ed Smith and Andrew Griffiths. For decades, crystalline research in space has been an invaluable...

London Lab Live: A capital investment

April 6, 2026
Launched last year as part of the Future Labs’ stable, the London show looks here to stay. One year on, the newcomer to the lab show ecosystem is making its...

From Injection to Ingestion: Can yeast make vaccines more accessible?

March 28, 2026
Vilnius University reports how its Life Sciences (VU LSC) Center and the U.S. National Cancer Institute are exploring yeast-based oral vaccines as a potential way to make immunisation more accessible, affordable,...

Sponsored Feature: Building confidence in every byte

March 23, 2026
Discover how laboratory digitalisation, supported by the use of a LIMS, is contributing to changes in food safety operations.  Clinisys outlines how modernised systems and structured workflows may support organisations in...

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To PhD or not to PhD: Deciding if a research degree is right for you in today’s STEM landscape

March 1, 2026
Once the ultimate academic accolade, a PhD is now just one of many paths in science. Katy Linkens outlines what it can truly offer beyond the lab coat.

Why the lab world Is heading to analytica

March 1, 2026
In a world where scientific progress is accelerating faster than ever, staying ahead means being where innovation happens. In 2026, that place is analytica. Returning as the world’s leading trade...

How to solve a problem like implementing Electronic Lab Notebooks

February 22, 2026
Changing circumstances now favour more widespread adoption of Electronic Lab Notebooks. Yet the process requires careful planning, warns Samantha Pearman-Kanza, who shares her experience of the University of Southampton’s implementation...

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