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Weighing: the environmental impact
Added: 10 Feb 2023
Labs are used to taking account of the effect of their processes on the environment but on a smalle…
Sunak shuffle: strategic sense or rearranging the deckchairs?
Added: 8 Feb 2023
From a political perspective, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s predicted mini-reshuffle is either far s…
Help us to open the lab to talent and disability
Added: 8 Feb 2023
Katherine Deane explains how your input can ensure the Access All Areas project enables science to …
Scientific nesting places
Added: 6 Feb 2023
If the day job leaves little space to stay abreast of happenings in the lab world, Twitter does hav…
A guarantee of security?
Added: 6 Feb 2023
One of Europe’s leading microbiologists wants EU legislators to follow the UK’s lead and relax the …
Aligning asset services to put lab needs first
Added: 30 Jan 2023
Good asset management ensures that key considerations such as validation, compliance and maintenanc…
The downsides of ‘social’ science
Added: 30 Jan 2023
Familiarity with online media hasn’t made Russ Swan any fonder of it.
Keeping laboratory data secure
Added: 23 Jan 2023
Data’s vital to the modern lab but attracts unwanted attention. Proper cybersecurity is paramount, …
Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Something for the weekend
Added: 23 Jan 2023
Matthew Partridge wonders where does a shorter working week leave that staple of the lab, the weeke…
Measuring up for modern times
Added: 16 Jan 2023
The latest iteration of the International System of Units has been a long time coming, explains Ric…
The EU clinical clock is ticking
Added: 9 Jan 2023
With the 31 January 2023 switch to new EU Clinical Trial Regulations fast approaching, Werner Engel…
Lowering the barriers to nitrate analysis
Added: 9 Jan 2023
Nitrogen pollution receives less environmental attention than it has merited, says Calum Preece, bu…
The Amazon is vital to the global ecosystem but it is nobody’s ‘lung’
Added: 17 Dec 2022
The rainforest makes a crucial contribution, says Brian J Ford but it does not produce the oxygen w…
Game Theory: Periodic – A Game of The Elements
Added: 12 Dec 2022
Periodic – A Game of The Elements amply rewards the challenge it presents, conclude Dr Louise Robin…
The science of art
Added: 12 Dec 2022
The Courtauld Institute of Art’s expertise in preserving art works derives in part from its use of …
Can you use a large electron microscope next to a freight train?
Added: 5 Dec 2022
Thomas E Davies describes the challenges of operating highly sensitive equipment in a city environm…
Mimicry with consistency
Added: 5 Dec 2022
Research into neurodegenerative conditions can be hampered by difficulty accessing scalable, transl…
Image integrity in academic papers
Added: 28 Nov 2022
Academic papers are the most important medium for introducing results to the scientific community, …
Lab Babble: The Modern Prometheus
Added: 28 Nov 2022
Not content with streamlining all scientific research, Russ Swan now offers a blueprint for human e…
Sustainability’s other R-words
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Environmental practice has its own version of the Three Rs, says Colin Shandley, so why stop at ‘Re…
