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Casting light on the matter
Added: 4 Jun 2024
Instrument manufacturer Waters Corporation has teamed up with the University of Surrey to provide s…
Hurricane hunters
Added: 29 May 2024
Cruising thousands of feet above the Arctic through a raging storm isn’t the most congenial researc…
Six degrees of separation
Added: 20 May 2024
Labs play an essential role in advancing sustainability in the wider world but they need to tackle …
Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Greet with scepticism
Added: 14 May 2024
AI isn’t going anywhere, says Matthew Partridge, so let’s stop worrying and think more about how to…
Game Theory: Ecosystem – Coral Reef
Added: 7 May 2024
Like its namesake, Coral Reef is simple to appreciate but it’s challenging to master.
Look to your assets
Added: 15 Apr 2024
Waste reduction or recycling is usually the focus for driving greener practice in the lab but what …
Honing in on the chemical lab
Added: 15 Apr 2024
This year’s version of the CHEMUK show is the largest ever but it also has an enhanced focus on the…
Scaling the digital mountain
Added: 24 Mar 2024
Hub locations are as much a feature in healthcare as for life sciences in general. Ursula Costa out…
Farm to gutter: Genomic surveillance to track AMR
Added: 4 Mar 2024
Governments are waking up to the dangers presented by antimicrobial resistance but the focus on cli…
Million dollar beep
Added: 19 Feb 2024
Digital hackers may be the bigger threat but don’t overlook the need for safeguards against more co…
Keep it clean
Added: 5 Feb 2024
Chemical disinfectants are hazardous to lab staff, and if discharged into the wastewater, pose a he…
Starry, starry night
Added: 5 Feb 2024
After just three years, the Lab Awards has come of age with a standalone event, a record number of …
A global leg-up
Added: 29 Jan 2024
Returning to the theme of sustainable reuse, Colin Shandley offers a reminder that the effect goes …
Where the action is
Added: 29 Jan 2024
As demand for lab space increasingly outstrips supply, alternatives are being sought to science par…
On the front line
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Increasing digitalisation creates a weapon for hackers, criminals and hostile states to employ far …
Scents-ibly sustainable
Added: 8 Jan 2024
Rather than plundering scarce natural resources, Glasgow University scientists Hua Wang and Sofia S…
Lab Babble: Swan’s Goosey gander
Added: 20 Nov 2023
Success is never guaranteed, we need to reward doggedness and chance, Russ Swan reminds us.
Breaking down a breakup
Added: 6 Nov 2023
The seas around Florida provided the opportunity to analyse the movement of the Earth’s crust durin…
Walking the talk
Added: 30 Oct 2023
It’s easy to sign up to greener practice in principle but how do life sciences firms prove they del…
Lab Innovations 2023: sustainable solvent selection
Added: 9 Oct 2023
While much discussion around sustainability has focused on the energy efficiency of instruments and…
