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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…