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The final frontier
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Sustainability goals in science must include one untilrecently overlooked issue: lab space and the …
Dystopia calling…
Added: 14 Nov 2022
Dr Matthew Partridge has seen the 2050 future and it works, even if we no longer understand why.
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View from the business end
Added: 7 Nov 2022
Tim Doggett explains the importance of sustainability for modern laboratories in terms of the wider…
Lab 2050: Four pillars of transformation
Added: 7 Nov 2022
To prepare for the laboratory of the future we must ask, decades ahead, how it will look? Pistoia A…
Lab Awards finalists named
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…
How can AI advance laboratory research?
Added: 21 Oct 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …
I’m reviewing the simulations…
Added: 12 Sep 2022
It may not be robots that researchers need to fear. Dr Matthew Partridge suggests, however, that th…
How to implement data-driven R&D
Added: 18 Jul 2022
While helping his colleague Peter Rhodes prepare for a talk hosted by Lab News at CHEMUK 2022, Max …
Setting up a philanthropic genomic testing marketplace
Added: 10 Jul 2022
Mike Hudson tells the story of how one not-for-profit has helped UK Covid testing laboratories and …
Turning drought into opportunity
Added: 30 Jun 2022
Mineral physics can help provide a solution to water shortage and its applications may not be limit…
Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’
Added: 31 May 2022
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a…
Identifying and reducing day-to-day stress in laboratories
Added: 19 May 2022
A busy laboratory can be a stressful working environment, especially if there is a backlog of sampl…
Industry 4.0 for UK chem labs
Added: 10 May 2022
In advance of her talk as part of the Lab News hosted session at CHEMUK 2022, Iwona Kandpal looks a…
When more knowledge does not equal more complexity
Added: 9 May 2022
In a world saturated with information, Dr Diane Turner discusses how more in-depth learning about a…
Improving contract lab efficiency and productivity through automation
Added: 29 Apr 2022
As demand for outsourced microbiological testing to assure the food value chain increases, contract…
A researcher’s guide to intermittent research
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Under the continued cosh of COVID, Dr Matthew Partridge considers the impact of constant interrupti…
It’s cool here in the future!
Added: 29 Mar 2022
Finding an excuse to watch Star Trek and call it research, Russ Swan compares science fiction with …
Creating trans-inclusive workplaces
Added: 10 Mar 2022
Adjustments for inclusion are a moral and practical imperative. Amy Grace explains how to ensure yo…
Changing the status quo on diversity in STEM
Added: 3 Mar 2022
There is still much work to be done, but Jess Lee hopes that in the coming year, dedicated efforts …
Making an impact in remote laboratory research
Added: 16 Feb 2022
During Lab Innovations last November, Anna Cooper and Raymond Wong were delighted to pick up the ‘M…
