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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…

Lab 2050: Four pillars of transformation

Added: 7 Nov 2022

To prepare for the laboratory of the future we must ask, decades ahead, how it will look? Pistoia A…

Lab Awards finalists named

Added: 26 Oct 2022

Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…

Lab Awards, Insights and Innovation Theatre at Lab Innovations

Added: 23 Oct 2022

After a successful launch last year, the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with…

How can AI advance laboratory research?

Added: 21 Oct 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …

Lab Innovations: back at Birmingham NEC for 2022

Added: 17 Oct 2022

Lab Innovations is back once again at the NEC with a panoramic mix of exhibits, seminars and sessio…

Simulated trials for better real-world outcomes

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Improvements in technology, as well as data capture and analysis have increased the effectiveness o…

Reproducibility’s new rule of three

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Could multiplexing offer the way around one of science’s great conundrums? Russ Swan contemplates.

Supporting innovation in life sciences

Added: 20 Sep 2022

The life sciences’ response to Covid-19 has spurred intense interest worldwide in British R&D, says…

Climate turns frosty for UK participation

Added: 20 Sep 2022

Whatever dividends might accrue from Brexit, British science looks set to lose its key role in the …

I’m reviewing the simulations…

Added: 12 Sep 2022

It may not be robots that researchers need to fear. Dr Matthew Partridge suggests, however, that th…

The OOC alternative

Added: 28 Aug 2022

Microphysiological systems can be employed with the aim of providing a more accurate replication of…

Hazards poster

Avoiding common pitfalls deploying customised fume cupboards

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Fume cupboards are vital in an industrial setting but they need to be tailored carefully to the ind…

Healthcare must learn from experience to combat global challenges for patients’ sake

Added: 22 Aug 2022

With nearly one in 20 of global drug trials affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it’s essential…