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The technologies keeping 1.5 degrees in reach
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Following COP26, the pressure is on to reach the 1.5 degree warming target limit set out in the Par…

Award winner: Partnership and sustainability win emerging technology award
Added: 16 Feb 2022
As we begin to look forward to the inaugural Lab South spin out event, Lab Innovation’s ‘Most impac…

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…

Applying digital technology and AI to compound management
Added: 9 Feb 2022
Sample management has changed enormously over the past 20 years. Steve Knight discusses the technol…

Game review: On the Origin of Species
Added: 1 Feb 2022
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Age 9+
2-4 players
45-80 minutes
Mont Taber, Artana, Spielefaible
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Understanding the true scale of your carbon liability
Added: 25 Jan 2022
Laboratory-based process loads impact operational energy use. Debbie Hobbs discusses the shift towa…

Estimate your probability of success with Bayesian statistics
Added: 18 Jan 2022
Don’t settle for approximations, make smart, risk-based economic decisions. Bruno Boulanger explain…

Accelerating R&D innovation in 2022 and beyond
Added: 3 Jan 2022
Accounting for pandemic drivers and a general acceptance that a return to pre-pandemic business hab…

Net zero rubber duck debugging
Added: 3 Jan 2022
Despite a total lack of green fingers, Dr Matthew Partridge argues that a plant is an essential res…

Climate change knowledge cooperative provides simplified research summaries
Added: 23 Dec 2021
The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative provides easy to understand research summaries to help eve…

A Million to One: Bridging the biomarker chasm from discovery to the clinic
Added: 21 Dec 2021
With so much research being published on biomarkers, yet so few companion diagnostic devices being …

The QC lab – Connecting the digital landscape
Added: 20 Dec 2021
There is an almost universal need to combat the growing complexity of disjointed quality control ec…

Laboratories: sustainable design and operation
Added: 17 Dec 2021
Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Dr Manisha Kulkarni discusses why laboratory environme…

Rule Zero: Is this meeting really necessary?
Added: 16 Dec 2021
As the #greatresignation sweeps organisations into a new reality across the nation, Russ Swan discu…

Shaking up the lab of the future
Added: 15 Dec 2021
From testing and drug discovery to vaccine rollout, collaboration and open innovation have been vit…

Good research has never been more important
Added: 3 Dec 2021
With scientific matters enjoying the media spotlight, Dr Frances Downey argues that the scientific …

Game review: Snapshot
Added: 1 Dec 2021
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Age 7+
2-4 players
15 minutes per game
Paper Boat Games
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IF AI = 1 THEN Partridge = 0
Added: 26 Nov 2021
Contemplating the potential for personal redundancy as a result of too much daydreaming, Dr Matthew…

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…