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Added: 2 Nov 2020
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Lessons learnt from a zero-carbon laboratory
Added: 23 Oct 2020
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Making it happen: young people aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow
Added: 23 Oct 2020
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lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Stuck in the middle
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Added: 8 Jul 2020
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Illegal wildlife trading threatens all creatures great and small
Added: 29 May 2020
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Getting into the lab, via the stomach
Added: 26 Jan 2020
Of all the incentives lab supply companies have in their arsenal – there is one guaranteed way they…
Game Theory: Phylo
Added: 20 Dec 2019
Games have never been more popular and in their column Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner take us…
Game Theory: Bone Wars
Added: 23 Sep 2019
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Singing the praises of odd numbers
Added: 23 Sep 2019
Annoy peer reviewers and create an inclusive numerical policy? It’s a win win for Dr Matthew Partri…
The good, the bad and the brexit
Added: 16 Sep 2019
The new Government has been in place for only a few weeks now and in that time, we’ve already had a…
Celebrating the improbable
Added: 13 Sep 2019
Another year, another heart-warming evening commemorating the silly, unusual and often random side …
Are you ready for show time?
Added: 9 Sep 2019
Once again we are delighted to have partnered with the Lab Innovations show – and we want you to be…
Ghost of science future
Added: 2 Sep 2019
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Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science
Added: 9 Aug 2019
In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a…
Reproducibility crisis
Added: 23 Jul 2019
Inadequate reporting, variability in reagents and the pressure to publish all contribute to the rep…
The greenest lab equipment?
Added: 3 Jul 2019
I love my job. The main reason is that I help labs save vast amounts of money whilst fighting clima…
Glorious celebration of imposters
Added: 17 Jun 2019
Ever wondered, despite all your scientific expertise, if you’ll be uncovered as a fraud? Don’t worr…