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Pharmaceuticals and the environment: how can the industry put its best foot forward?
Added: 22 Nov 2021
In recent years, it has become more and more important to both consumers and investors that they su…
How food and drink labs have adapted since COVID-19
Added: 27 Oct 2021
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the mass stock-piling of food products like chicken…
Four challenges to overcome for AI to thrive in medical imaging
Added: 20 Oct 2021
With increased digitisation in medical clinics, comes increased reliance on AI-enabled tools to mor…
At last digital transformation is embraced by the healthcare industry
Added: 18 Oct 2021
The future of healthcare that we envision in 2040 will be a world apart from the current status quo…
Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on…
Adapting to growth in medical cannabis market
Added: 12 Oct 2021
In July 2021, proposals to liberalise the medicinal cannabis sector were put forward by UK governme…
Anticipating the smart laboratory
Added: 8 Oct 2021
Environments impact our behaviours and interactions with one another, and Nick Jones believes the s…
How to ‘go all Google’ - feeding time at the local laboratory
Added: 7 Oct 2021
With absolutely no ulterior motives… Fox’s Party Ring fan, Dr Matthew Partridge discusses the not-s…
What is AI’s role in the lab?
Added: 21 Sep 2021
In this article Gerald Law, one of this year’s exhibitors at Lab Innovations, evaluates the strengt…
From Lab to market: Navigating venture capital in life sciences
Added: 31 Aug 2021
Venture capital (VC) is a vital form of funding for taking scientific ideas from lab to market, but…
3 Ingredients for Effective Pharmaceutical Cybersecurity
Added: 26 Aug 2021
The pharmaceutical industry faces growing pressure from cyber threats. Attacks on manufacturers and…
The one hundredth column from a heart-filled nerd
Added: 20 Aug 2021
Never doing anything by halves and much to the relief of friends, family, and this editor, Russ Swa…
Driving precision medicine into frontline healthcare
Added: 16 Aug 2021
Improved patient safety demands greater specificity to ensure therapeutic efficiency. Here, Tom Ren…
The mind-boggling complexity of scientific waste
Added: 30 Jul 2021
Why is scientific waste disposal complicated? Dr Matthew Partridge muses on that gap in student and…
The journey to net zero carbon science
Added: 26 Jul 2021
With a 2050 deadline for all buildings in the UK to be operationally net zero carbon, Tim Fry discu…
Tackling underlying respiratory conditions for this pandemic and next
Added: 5 Jul 2021
Innovation ecosystems are crucial to improving outcomes for patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronc…
How to improve energy efficiency in your lab
Added: 17 Jun 2021
Much of the literature on energy efficiency and reducing energy usage is directed at residential ho…
Sedentarism and other physical health risks for laboratory workers
Added: 9 Jun 2021
During the course of the last year, many more people have had to get used to working from home. The…
Retargeting space: converting offices to labs
Added: 7 Jun 2021
With laboratory space in high demand, Darius Umrigar discusses how commercial space can be quickly …
Scientific research opens doors to unexpected careers
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Humans have an innate sense of curiosity, making us natural scientists from the moment we come into…
