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#DryLabsRealScience: Teaching practicals without labs

November 16, 2020
Wondering how to teach wet science, forensics and laboratory best practice remotely? Or have you already found an engaging solution you are happy to share? Here Ian Turner, Professor in...

5 Steps to Medical Device Labelling Compliance

November 13, 2020
The transition some medical device manufacturers face with the new EU Medical Device Regulation (EUMDR) labelling requirements may seem overwhelming but here Bob Tilling outlines how you can waste no...

Malaria test as simple as a bandage

November 5, 2020
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That's the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid...

Nonscience Returns: You can get away with anything on TV

November 2, 2020
Biologist and broadcaster Professor Brian J Ford’s satire on science has just been updated as Nonscience Returns. Here he offers light-hearted advice to scientists about to appear on television.

An artificial cell on a chip

October 28, 2020
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells. Using microfluidic technology, they produce miniature polymeric reaction containers equipped with...

CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes

October 28, 2020
Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us understand immune response to SARS-CoV-2 virus and even find drug targets to assist...

Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?

October 28, 2020
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operation Moonshot' reach its target of half a million UK COVID tests per day asks Mark Gray...

Making it happen: young people aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow

October 23, 2020
Freelance nextgen reporter, Amy Grace, interviews Mhairi McCann; one of the Women in Engineering Society 2020 Top 50 winners and a proactive promoter of youth representation in STEM…

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