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Environmental sample extraction – improve quality and throughput

August 13, 2024
Prior to analysis, the extraction of environmental samples such as soils requires solvent extraction. Contaminants such as PCBs, semivolatile organic compounds and PAHs have traditionally been extracted using lengthy methods...

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Unveiling the ripple effect

August 12, 2024
Dr Gen Li returns to the theme of how the war in Ukraine has impacted global clinical development and the further lessons that have been learned.

Focus on the foreign to life

August 12, 2024
Xenobiotics – those chemical substances found within organisms but not naturally produced by them – are a significant part of Dr Narimantas __nas’ research at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre...

PacBio-Singapore project to create largest SE Asian genome dataset

August 10, 2024
Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme and genomic sequencing leader PacBio have embarked on a project that aims to produce a more diverse reserve of reference genomes.

Mystery of Kaspar Hauser solved, leaving another enigma

August 10, 2024
The scientist responsible for confirming the identity of Richard III’s corpse has disproved a two centuries-old claim made on behalf of Germany’s most enigmatic Royal pretender.

Bezos fund gives £1.2 million to develop livestock methane vaccine

August 10, 2024
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a UK medical institution a £1,200,000 grant to tackle livestock-methane, responsible for an estimated 14% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Lab Babble: Alphabetti spaghetti

August 6, 2024
The acronymitis virus has reached all corners of science. Russ Swan senses an opportunity…

Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle

August 3, 2024
Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neurological diseases, suggests new research.

Real time tracking could slash millions from bill for lost NHS lab samples

August 2, 2024
Supermarket style product tracking piloted at a Leeds hospital could be used to cut the NHS’s mammoth annual bill for lost lab samples.

Shafted by progress

July 29, 2024
There was little chance of Archimedes losing his screw; things are very different today, reflects Matthew Partridge.

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