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A guarantee of security?

Added: 6 Feb 2023

One of Europe’s leading microbiologists wants EU legislators to follow the UK’s lead and relax the …

Aligning asset services to put lab needs first

Added: 30 Jan 2023

Good asset management ensures that key considerations such as validation, compliance and maintenanc…

The downsides of ‘social’ science

Added: 30 Jan 2023

Familiarity with online media hasn’t made Russ Swan any fonder of it.

Keeping laboratory data secure

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Data’s vital to the modern lab but attracts unwanted attention. Proper cybersecurity is paramount, …

Lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Something for the weekend

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Matthew Partridge wonders where does a shorter working week leave that staple of the lab, the weeke…

Measuring up for modern times

Added: 16 Jan 2023

The latest iteration of the International System of Units has been a long time coming, explains Ric…

The EU clinical clock is ticking

Added: 9 Jan 2023

With the 31 January 2023 switch to new EU Clinical Trial Regulations fast approaching, Werner Engel…

Lowering the barriers to nitrate analysis

Added: 9 Jan 2023

Nitrogen pollution receives less environmental attention than it has merited, says Calum Preece, bu…

The Amazon is vital to the global ecosystem but it is nobody’s ‘lung’

Added: 17 Dec 2022

The rainforest makes a crucial contribution, says Brian J Ford but it does not produce the oxygen w…

Game Theory: Periodic – A Game of The Elements

Added: 12 Dec 2022

Periodic – A Game of The Elements amply rewards the challenge it presents, conclude Dr Louise Robin…

The science of art

Added: 12 Dec 2022

The Courtauld Institute of Art’s expertise in preserving art works derives in part from its use of …

Can you use a large electron microscope next to a freight train?

Added: 5 Dec 2022

Thomas E Davies describes the challenges of operating highly sensitive equipment in a city environm…

Mimicry with consistency

Added: 5 Dec 2022

Research into neurodegenerative conditions can be hampered by difficulty accessing scalable, transl…

Image integrity in academic papers

Added: 28 Nov 2022

Academic papers are the most important medium for introducing results to the scientific community, …

Lab Babble: The Modern Prometheus

Added: 28 Nov 2022

Not content with streamlining all scientific research, Russ Swan now offers a blueprint for human e…

Sustainability’s other R-words

Added: 20 Nov 2022

Environmental practice has its own version of the Three Rs, says Colin Shandley, so why stop at ‘Re…

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.

The agile response

Added: 14 Nov 2022

Sustainable lab practice allied to uncompromising quality and safety standards are vital for the op…

View from the business end

Added: 7 Nov 2022

Tim Doggett explains the importance of sustainability for modern laboratories in terms of the wider…