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Gesture control for lab robots

December 14, 2021
Feature
Lab environments differ from factory floors. Robotics expert, Stephen Guy, explores how close human integration, collaborative robotics, and gesture control can help safely control collaborative robots in the busy, confined...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, In Depth, Life Sciences, Materials, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics
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AI and healthcare: future opportunities and challenges

December 9, 2021
Feature
Reflecting on six decades of progress, Steven Wolfe looks at the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, the complexity faced by evermore sophisticated information technology, and the...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Food & Bev, Health, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Policy
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Nibbling prehistoric herbivore sheds new light on Triassic diversity

December 3, 2021
News
A Triassic herbivore, known for its supposed similarities to a modern-day ostrich, has been revealed to have entirely different approach to feeding from previously thought, according to research at the...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Paleobiology
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The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future

November 22, 2021
News
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale greenhouse gases (GHG) being emitted annually by the plastics sector into the global atmosphere. In 2021, the...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Materials, Materials Science
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How to gain Chinese regulation compliance

November 12, 2021
Insight
Dr Paul Orange outlines the project which led to his involvement in the new Chinese battery protocol regulations. In response to customer demand, he led an initiative that ensured all...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics, Policy, Solid State Physics
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Lab Awards 2021 Winners

November 3, 2021
Feature
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Lab Awards 2021! The awards were brought to you by Lab Innovations in partnership with Laboratory News and presented during the first afternoon...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Unique partnership aims to help college graduates land quality jobs

November 3, 2021
News
Loughborough College and Charnwood Campus Science, Innovation and Technology Park have forged a new and unique partnership to help create a careers pipeline for students. This innovative approach will bridge...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Forensics, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Shape-shifting worm blob model could inspire future robot swarms

October 26, 2021
News
Lumbriculus variegatus blackworms can aggregate into ‘blobs’ capable of collective movement. Researchers observed blackworms to model the behaviour of individual worms, as well as the formation and movement of blobs....
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Zoology
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How to ‘go all Google’ – feeding time at the local laboratory

October 7, 2021
Insight
With absolutely no ulterior motives… Fox’s Party Ring fan, Dr Matthew Partridge discusses the not-so-trivial value proposition in ‘going all Google’ and laying out free food and snacks for your...
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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Trans-disciplinary approaches reveal important disease transmission dynamics

October 4, 2021
News
New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species disease transmission dynamics, paving the way for a more comprehensive understanding of how certain zoonotic diseases, such as schistosomiasis, can be controlled...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pathology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology, Zoology
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Algae – a novel solution to the climate crisis?

September 29, 2021
Feature
By 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than in 2005, and will need 50% more fresh water and fuel, while reducing CO2 emissions by 100%. Professor...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Materials, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Sustainable vertical farming meets personalised nutrition

September 13, 2021
News
A new project is set to bring sustainable vertical farming and personalised nutrition into the home and workplace by developing kitchen gardens that grow produce to match individual dietary needs....
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Health
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Microbial therapeutics: the new substitute for antibiotics

September 10, 2021
Feature
Currently expanding at a staggering rate, the global microbial therapeutic products market is expected to reach US$30bn by 2030. Here, Pratik Gurnani discusses the basis for the rapid expansion of...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Virology
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Extract an income from your commercial waste

September 6, 2021
Insight
Convert your commercial waste into income generating products. To whet your appetite for his upcoming talk at the Laboratory News’ Green Lab session at CHEM UK, Dr David Hogg introduces...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
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Food or sex? Fruit flies give insight into decision-making

August 17, 2021
News
Individuals are likely to prioritise food over sex after being deprived of both, according to researchers at the University of Birmingham, who studied this behavioural conflict in fruit flies. A...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology
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Are all mammals just copy cats? Felines to play a key role in human genetics

July 30, 2021
News
The feline genome is ordered similarly to humans according to one veterinary medicine expert. So, cats have the potential to be a valuable model organism for geneticists to help understand...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology
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Banking botanicals: protecting plants and safeguarding seeds

July 16, 2021
Insight
Following up on the wonderful photo story, 'Botanical biodiversity banked', published on our website last November in celebration of MSB's 20th anniversary, we decided to ask Dr Chris Cockel what...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Interviews, Microbiology
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Combining classical and quantum computing opens door to new discoveries

June 17, 2021
News
New approaches are needed to lay the pathway to efficient and effective quantum computing. Now, researchers have discovered a new and more efficient computing method for pairing the reliability of...
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Particle Physics, Physics, Quantum Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Physics
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New dipping solution turns the whole fish into valuable food

June 16, 2021
News
When herring are filleted, more than half their weight becomes a low-value ‘side stream’ that never reaches our plates – despite being rich in protein and healthy omega-3 fatty acids....
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Green Chemistry, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry
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High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars

May 21, 2021
News
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. The result is a visually stunning, mathematically-driven marvel that allows viewers...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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