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You are never too successful for lunch

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Everyone knows that the fulcrum around which a successful lab swings is, of course, lunch. But what…

Advancing a technical career

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Is your team motivated, professional, adaptable, connected, and competent?

Brexit: No-deal is a bad deal for UK science

Added: 9 Aug 2019

In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a…

Game Theory: Linkage

Added: 5 Aug 2019

Games have never been more popular and in their column the newest recruits to the Lab News team, Dr…

Reproducibility crisis

Added: 23 Jul 2019

Inadequate reporting, variability in reagents and the pressure to publish all contribute to the rep…

Getting it wrong, incorrectly?

Added: 22 Jul 2019

Could it be that we are getting biology wrong?

What’s London’s place in the Place agenda?

Added: 22 Jul 2019

The government’s Industrial Strategy aims to unlock the potential of UK cities and towns and tackle…

A freshly baked conspiracy theory

Added: 15 Jul 2019

What better way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landings than with a freshly b…

The greenest lab equipment?

Added: 3 Jul 2019

I love my job. The main reason is that I help labs save vast amounts of money whilst fighting clima…

A long, short trip to Mars

Added: 20 Jun 2019

Can we really get to Mars and colonise it?

Glorious celebration of imposters

Added: 17 Jun 2019

Ever wondered, despite all your scientific expertise, if you’ll be uncovered as a fraud? Don’t worr…

Strife on Mars?

Added: 17 Jun 2019

Mars may be the second-most hospitable planet in our solar system, but Martian conditions mean sust…

Harnessing regional strengths

Added: 17 Jun 2019

From distinctive strengths in transport innovation in the West Midlands to leadership in the life s…

The social scientist

Added: 12 Jun 2019

If you are among the growing number of scientists who tweet, facebook, insta or link-in then you ne…

Innovation in data collection

Added: 5 Jun 2019

There are many examples of product enhancements using improved design and or different materials to…

Space trash

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 May 2019

Trashy TV sci-fi, Brian Blessed and a surprising scientific gem Russ Swan bends over backwards to…

Brexit bomb

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019

In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them fee…

Human microbiome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019

There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing…

The remorseful scientist

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2019

In a moment of heartfelt sincerity, Dr Matthew Partridge has a very important message for all scien…

Variety is the spice of life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

This week, I have been reflecting on the strength and breadth of CaSE member organisations across t…