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Digital PCR – replacement or addition?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Apr 2013

A digital version of the gold standard for nucleic acid quantification is allowing new levels of pr…

Are you moving on?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Apr 2013

Lab moves can be a genuine ‘once in a lifetime’ experience. Professional office and lab relocation …

Close that deal!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2013

Selling redundant equipment could generate vital funds – but how do you go about it, and what are t…

Are you applying good pipetting practice?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2013

In terms of your liquid handling – by doing a little, you can improve a lot. Here is our guide to G…

Unveiling the secrets of the early universe

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2013

Neutrons are exceptionally powerful tools for answering questions in many scientific disciplines. U…

Marks, set…start-up!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2013

Times may be tough, but optimism abounds says Dr Glenn Crocker, CEO of BioCity Nottingham and BioCi…

Taking a deeper look...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2013

Multiphoton imaging is taking cellular and tissue imaging to new depths. Jenni Lacey gives us an ov…

The search for Earth-like exoplanets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2013

Given the age and size of our universe ­– astronomers are wondering, just where are all the extra-t…

Having it all and having it now

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2013

When it comes to improving productivity and precision when using an ICP-MS, real-time simultaneous …

The problem with peer review

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Mar 2013

Criticised by some scientists for being ineffective and slow, is the supposed ‘gold standard’ of sc…

Cellular therapy: from bench to bedside

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2013

Cell-based therapies show increasing promise in the treatment of many life-threatening conditions b…

Talking with the animals

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Mar 2013

New resources are allowing in vivo scientists and animal technicians to improve the welfare of thei…

Are you safe in your lab?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Mar 2013

 Researchers feel safer than they actually are. That’s one of the preliminary conclusions of the re…

Hidden heroes of science communication

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2013

 In light of considerations from Imperial College to close its Translations Studies Unit, Jiayi Hua…

A taste for analysis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Feb 2013

Governments across the globe face an increasing challenge to ensure safe food supplies. Trade is gr…

PCR – past, present and future

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2013

PCR, a development that drastically changed the ability of researchers to study DNA, has become a c…

There’s something in the air

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Feb 2013

It may not be something you have thought of before – but have you ever wondered where the specialty…

MRI takes a new direction

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Feb 2013

New work has pounced on a quirk of the magnetic properties of nerve fibres to take MRI brain scanni…

Bringing up the rear

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2013

Jorgen Josefsson talks about the importance of good design for laboratory chairs and how the right …

Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of ageing

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2013

Damage to the DNA is a leading cause of ageing-related diseases and cancer. Recently, two EU projec…