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Dedicated biomedical start-up office at LSP

September 19, 2012
News
SPARK Impact has teamed up with Liverpool Science Park (LSP) to launch an office dedicated to start-up businesses in the biomedical sector. The office is the latest in a series...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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Working together for a blossoming bioeconomy

September 13, 2012
Feature
The phrase ‘sustainable bioeconomy’ may seem like obscure policy-speak, but it represents a big and important idea; one that is set to have a growing impact on all of our...
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How proficient is your microbiology laboratory?

August 21, 2012
Feature
Microbiology laboratories have a vital role to play in the food and drink industry, protecting consumers' health by helping to ensure that products are safe to eat and drink. But...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, In Depth, Pharmaceutical
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Speaking a thousand words

August 9, 2012
Feature
From medical photography to electron microscopy, this year’s Wellcome Image Award winners will draw you closer to the science being carried out by researchers across a variety of fields. Discover...
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Mediterranean worm found on Irish farm

August 2, 2012
News
A Mediterranean earthworm species has been found thriving in an urban farm in Ireland.Scientists from University College Dublin found a flourishing population of Prosellodrius amplisetosus in an urban farm in...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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Water purification for the laboratory

July 24, 2012
Feature
What are the key issues that technicians and laboratory staff must consider when specifying a water purification system for the laboratory?A well-specified water purification system from a trusted and experienced...
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Music by natural selection

June 21, 2012
News
Music evolves and ‘mates’ via natural selection according to new research from Imperial College London.Researchers wanted to test the theory that cultural changes in language, art and music evolve through...
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Warm currents melt ice shelf underbelly

June 20, 2012
News
The air might not be warm enough to melt snow on top of glaciers, but warm ocean currents are thawing the underbellies of floating ice sheets in Antarctica say NASA...
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Row, row, row your boat…

June 12, 2012
Feature
Blood gas analysers can have a role beyond the walls of the healthcare institution and here we look at how the GB rowing team is ready to unveil its secret...
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In Depth
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Palaeontology bites back…

May 11, 2012
Feature
In last month’s Laboratory News Brian J. Ford suggested that dinosaurs were aquatic – here Darren Naish explains why this idea has the weight of consensus to battle with and...
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Plants can combat rising CO2

May 9, 2012
News
Terrestrial ecosystems may be able to absorb more anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought suggests new research.The results improve the ability to look into the planet’s future and predict...
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A century of constants

May 1, 2012
Feature
Over 100 years ago, two men set out to provide a compilation of physical and chemical constants. After 16 editions, their work is now online and constantly being updatedEver needed...
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In Depth
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Hookworms to treat MS

April 30, 2012
News
Parasitic worms could offer a new treatment for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) say researchers from the University of Nottingham.Scientists are recruiting patients who suffer from MS for a clinical...
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New clues to cancer communication

April 27, 2012
News
There is growing interest in the idea that the body’s immune system might be trained to fight cancer, and new research suggests intercepting communication signals sent around the body by...
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Marine worm with a toxic diet

April 23, 2012
News
Faced with a scarce food supply in the sandy sediments in which it lives, a small marine worm survives on a highly poisonous menu of carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulphide.The...
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Has your lab got a liquid centre?

April 5, 2012
Feature
Greg Pilbrow of ELGA Process Water looks at how a central laboratory water purification system can help architects and building services engineersThe modern research laboratory is a highly complex environment...
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: the extinction of a dinosaur laboratory test?

March 19, 2012
Feature
Sabrina Chetcuti asks if plasma viscosity is replacing the widely used erythrocyte sedimentation rate testMany laboratories have historically clung on to erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as a test to confirm...
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In Depth
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Celebrities versus science

March 16, 2012
Insight
Celebrity endorsement is worth big bucks – it’s hard to watch TV without seeing a celebrity advertising the latest make up, sports equipment or holiday destination. But what happens when...
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Comment And Analysis
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All change

March 1, 2012
Insight
If there is one thing that is consistent in this world, it is change. We may be fooled into a sense of constancy by the apparently stationary nature of Earth’s...
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Comment And Analysis
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Starbursts and galaxies

February 2, 2012
News
Astronomers have found a link between starbursts in the early Universe and the most massive galaxies found today.The international team – including researchers from the University of Durham – combined...
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