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Tackling the lurking beast

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Sep 2010

Testing for HbA1c to monitor glycaemic control is only set to increase as the incidence of diabetes…

Sterilisation updated

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Sep 2010

Despite a reticence to comply by some manufacturers, regulatory changes surrounding the sterilisati…

Multiple blood cultures - can you afford not to?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2010

Contaminated blood cultures can increase hospital costs by 47% - here we learn of the benefits and …

Building a healthy UK science sector

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2010

Philip Whiteman examines the formula to ensure future success in the science sector.

Expansion Theory – Our best candidate for a Final Theory of Everything?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Sep 2010

It’s one of the grandest and most challenging problems in modern science - the Theory of Everything…

Piecing together the superconducting jigsaw

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2010

Researchers from the universities of Liverpool and Durham have used ISIS muons to show how structur…

Does your food meet the standard?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Sep 2010

UV-Visible spectrophotometry is a fast, simple, non-destructive analytical technique for identifyin…

Life through the lens

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Sep 2010

In a new series exploring some of the characters behind the discoveries that shaped the modern worl…

Heated and stirred: The story of an unsung lab hero

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Sep 2010

This month, we learn more about the humble hot plate stirrer from Kris Fairfield

Questioned documents - still a vital forensic tool

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Aug 2010

How can forensic scientists tell so much about from a simple piece of paper? Jennifer Scillitoe tel…

Science in the kitchen

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Aug 2010

Laboratory News investigates an emerging scientific discipline which focuses the science of cooking…

Breaking the barriers – chemical analysis on the nanoscale

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2010

Craig Prater and Kevin Kjoller discuss how atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy combin…

Unsung Heroes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Aug 2010

We are giving a Laboratory News salute to all those things in the life of a scientist that are take…

Setting the standard

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2010

ISO13320:2009, the revised standard for laser diffraction particle size analysis, offers valuable a…

Picking the perfect plate

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2010

With a wealth of microplates on the market, it’s hard to know which one to chose. Steven Knight pro…

Lean lab – how to achieve more with less

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jul 2010

Liz Gallagher answers questions on the Lean approach to improving laboratory processes

Identifying high risk patients

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jul 2010

Dr Elizabeth Rapley updates us on the latest research into prostate cancer from the Institute of Ca…

From photons to food, fuels and chemicals: improving nature

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jul 2010

Understanding and improving photosynthesis could be the key to providing better crops for food and …

Understanding allergies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jul 2010

The identification of new biomarkers in the lab is already having a significant impact on research …

Measurement in medicine - a delicate balance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2010

The science of measurement is supporting the medical industry – Courtney Tuffin explains how