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Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – social prescribing can help

May 25, 2022
A new study demonstrates the significant environmental impact of harmful chemical and biological agents we use in our daily activities and then flush down our drains. Personal care products, detergents,...

Which three extinct animals would you invite to dinner?

May 24, 2022
Considering de-extinction, iterative evolution, re-evolution and the Elvis taxon, Russ Swan muses on the potential of inviting an elemoth for an evening meal before opening a historic portal to his...

Identifying and reducing day-to-day stress in laboratories

May 19, 2022
A busy laboratory can be a stressful working environment, especially if there is a backlog of samples or the team is working on a tight timescale. Nadine Bellamy-Thomas considers the...

E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year

May 17, 2022
While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we should commemorate the isolation of E. coli K-12 strain – arguably one of the most thoroughly...

Reducing microbiological growth in your lab

May 12, 2022
Microbes are invisible to the naked eye. Every laboratory user carries a microbiome load of c.100 trillion microbes and sheds 10gms of skin each day. Under optimum conditions, a microbial...

Winning collaboration for LIMS implementation

May 11, 2022
Under pressure to safeguard its incoming student body from COVID-19, The University of Nottingham needed a controlled integration and implementation of a new medical lab information management system to support...

Lab furniture design for health and hygiene

May 10, 2022
Unlike cleanrooms, many laboratories aren't ISO 14644 registered when it comes to air particle count. Sue Springett discusses why any organisation that purports to foster a hygienic culture should be...

When more knowledge does not equal more complexity

May 9, 2022
In a world saturated with information, Dr Diane Turner discusses how more in-depth learning about application methods and approaches can often help simplify the use of analytical instrumentation, rather than...

Saving the vaquita porpoise from extinction

May 5, 2022
Only ten vaquita porpoises survive, but the species may not be doomed, scientists say. If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered marine mammal is well poised to...

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