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Battling the big C
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Nov 2010
Laboratory News learns about the award-winning work of the Gene Function Team at the Institute of C…
The science of Fear
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2010
In exploring the flight or fright process neuroscientists are finding that the fear response is muc…
Knowing the secrets of compost
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2010
Once the realm of green fingered types - composting is now attracting corporations. But can we reli…
My precious...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2010
The guarantees afforded by UKAS accreditation gives reassurance to all the UK Assay Office tests on…
Radioactivity and the woman who discovered it
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2010
One of the most iconic female scientists, Marie Curie was the first scientist to share not one but …
Technical training: imperative or option?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2010
Technician training has taken a backseat in recent years, HEaTED aims to use the wealth of experien…
Uncovering the Lethal Cocktail
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2010
Ric Treble lets us in on the analytical challenges in testing illegal drugs widely marketed under t…
Analysing VOCs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2010
Volatile organic compounds are harmful to human health and the environment, but testing for these g…
Lights, camera, action: science on film
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Oct 2010
What’s the best way to get kids interested in science? Make a film about it. Katie Walsh lets us in…
Tracking viruses on the nanoscale
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Oct 2010
Andrew Malloy from NanoSight tells Laboratory News about new instruments to track nanoparticles
Science and the corporate agenda
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2010
As economic problems continue to grip numerous countries, many governments are pushing the view tha…
The big freeze
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Oct 2010
From frozen fish fingers to stem cell storage, cryogenics is used in more applications than you mig…
Let them eat fruit!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Oct 2010
Jo Smewing defines the role of texture analysis in gaining competitive advantage within the world o…
Rosalind Franklin – forgotten scientist
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Oct 2010
Rosalind Franklin was instrumental in discovering the structure of DNA, but until recently, many kn…
From push to pull
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2010
Pathology units processing thousands of samples a day can easily reach breaking point, but how can …
Stopping the clock
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Sep 2010
Just how do you freeze cells without the risk of damaging ice crystals? Laboratory News investigate…
Keeping patients safe
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Sep 2010
Amazingly no governmental regulation exists in the UK for the labelling of pathology specimens, lea…
RNA – misunderstood molecules with a big impact
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Sep 2010
Low copy number RNA molecules are becoming a key research tool for quantitative gene expression stu…
What is your hair hiding?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2010
Since becoming widely accepted throughout courts in the UK - testing of hair for the presence of dr…
Hair of the dog?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2010
Most of us are familiar with the use of human DNA profiling to help identify evidence left at crime…