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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…

Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System
Added: 7 Apr 2021
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medici…

Keeping the Pharmaceutical industry mobile and secure
Added: 22 Mar 2021
There is nothing more heinous than those who take advantage of a national emergency, but it happens…

Disease Y - Prevention is cheaper than cure
Added: 26 Feb 2021
At an estimated cost of $15 trillion, the financial impact of the current pandemic has rocked the g…

“Let’s not wait another 100 years to collaborate” appeals President of The Pistoia Alliance
Added: 16 Feb 2021
The breakthroughs in vaccine development that have been achieved in just ten months clearly demonst…

Streamlining critical workflows
Added: 4 Jan 2021
Research technician, Yvette Hoade, explains how electronic pipettes and pipetting robots help speed…

Healthcare takes on psychedelics - an emerging market led by Europe
Added: 17 Dec 2020
More and more revolutionary mind-altering medicines and treatments based on active ingredients prev…

'Don't try this at home!' - a tale of caution from the BMJ's Christmas issue
Added: 16 Dec 2020
The BMJ take a cautious, christmassy look at the total toxicity of George's Marvellous Medicine and…

Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?
Added: 28 Oct 2020
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operatio…

Robots support growth in Medical, Pharmaceutical and Lifesciences sectors
Added: 15 Oct 2020
Mechatronics solutions expert, Simon Jenkins, highlights just one of the areas where robots are now…

Fast-tracking nanovaccines to fight coronavirus
Added: 10 Sep 2020
Today, there are more than 150 COVID-19 vaccines in the race to mitigate the virus.1-3 Some of thes…

Medical cannabis growth could offer boom for lab industry
Added: 12 Aug 2020
Further easing of import restrictions by the Government will provide faster access to patients pres…

COVID-19 testing will be standard for clinical trials
Added: 7 Aug 2020
Clinical trial specialist, Bärbel Wilke expects corona testing for both virus and antibody detectio…

AI transformation in a post-pandemic world
Added: 3 Aug 2020
Ross Upton considers how COVID-19 is driving the use of AI to protect and transform public health n…

Can potentially detect subtle early signs of fake #coronaltruism
Added: 27 Jul 2020
Delving into a rising tide of pandemic-driven inbox clutter, Russ Swan calls bogus on many a poorly…

Money talks... and heals
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Beware the dreaded hyperbole. That is always in the forefront of my mind when writing for you. But …

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…

Too much monkey business?
Added: 16 Sep 2019
Despite the fantastic work going on in animal-replacement technologies and method development, why …

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 …