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E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year
Added: 17 May 2022
While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we s…
Are virtual audits sustainable post-pandemic?
Added: 5 May 2022
With a mindful eye on the low environmental impact offered by virtual audits, Kate Coleman investig…
Rise of the nanopores for DNA sequencing
Added: 29 Apr 2022
Dreamed up while driving, Deamer’s biomimetic nanopores took DNA sequencing by storm. Now, Dermot M…
Personalised medicine demands diversity in clinical trials
Added: 23 Feb 2022
Equity requires us to recognise and celebrate our differences, especially when it comes to health. …
Laboratory worker allergies go under the microscope
Added: 8 Feb 2022
To date, there are relatively few studies on the relationship between exposure to laboratory allerg…
How to train your AI microscope
Added: 20 Jan 2022
Artificial Intelligence will define the future of microscopy. With increased demand for more powerf…
Diagnosing exotic animals
Added: 13 Jan 2022
From one of the UK's leading veterinary diagnostic laboratories specialising in an array of exotic …
Picodroplet microfluidics - specialist chemicals for single cell analysis
Added: 10 Jan 2022
Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis.…
Going viral: How Covid changed science forever
Added: 14 Dec 2021
In the 2021 Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures, Jonathan Van-Tam will be joined by expert Britis…
Gesture control for lab robots
Added: 14 Dec 2021
Lab environments differ from factory floors. Robotics expert, Stephen Guy, explores how close human…
AI and healthcare: future opportunities and challenges
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Reflecting on six decades of progress, Steven Wolfe looks at the application of artificial intellig…
The future’s bright, the future’s artificial
Added: 25 Nov 2021
As clinical and adjacent staff face overwhelming demands, Cari-Anne Quinn looks at the benefits of …
Manufacture your own DNA... the easy way
Added: 26 Oct 2021
In this over-burdened global market, many laboratories may be struggling to access a reliable suppl…
Algae – a novel solution to the climate crisis?
Added: 29 Sep 2021
By 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than in 2005, and will need 50% more fresh wa…
Microbial therapeutics: the new substitute for antibiotics
Added: 10 Sep 2021
Currently expanding at a staggering rate, the global microbial therapeutic products market is expec…
Eliminating food waste – now is the time for your FLW initiative
Added: 31 Aug 2021
The staggering statistics around food loss and waste (FLW), from field to consumer, highlight the n…
Glycoproteomics: a new era in biomarkers
Added: 6 Aug 2021
Klaus Lindpaintner takes us on a journey of discovery, automation and scale-up that has applied AI …
Shipping biologicals - the journey of human tissue samples
Added: 29 Jul 2021
Medical research relies on routine and specialist biological samples which must be handled with gre…
Making polymers perform – a research and technical transfer story
Added: 23 Jul 2021
How do you set up and grow a new science-based technology company? Here, we uncover how Dr Don Well…
Making a clean break from plastics
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Plastic is no longer fantastic. Nadine Bellamy-Thomas looks at how laboratories are adopting more s…
