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Scents-ibly sustainable

January 8, 2024
Rather than plundering scarce natural resources, Glasgow University scientists Hua Wang and Sofia Sandalli are looking to the lab for a more ethical approach to perfume production.

Turning down the heat

December 4, 2023
Selecting the right cold storage for academic laboratories is a challenge, acknowledges Rob Fowler, who explains how the University of Sussex has transformed its cold storage capabilities with an economic...

Sound of the City

November 14, 2023
Government hopes to drive UK growth through the life sciences depend upon commercial as well as public sector support. So how does the UK BioIndustry Association, which reports each quarter...

Walking the talk

October 30, 2023
It’s easy to sign up to greener practice in principle but how do life sciences firms prove they deliver? Jeffrey Whitford, Vice President of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation at...

Lab Innovations 2023: sustainable solvent selection

October 9, 2023
While much discussion around sustainability has focused on the energy efficiency of instruments and equipment, factors such as chemical and solvent selection are overlooked. says Paul Vanden Branden, who examines...

Agents of change

October 9, 2023
We have previously focused on the importance of diagnostic collaboration in combating TB. This time, PBD Biotech’s Ben Swift explains the impact of his company’s work with Leicester University in...

Outsmarting contaminants

September 25, 2023
Time-consuming off-site manual testing is being supplanted in many areas by faster and greater capacity digital 24/7 field versions. James Flewellen details how one new collaboration could overhaul toxic material...

Water, the source of (lab) life

September 11, 2023
When it comes to laboratory liquid, there’s just nothing that can top the peerless H20, argues Matthew Partridge.

Cycling to zero

September 4, 2023
Images of workplace pollution and waste usually focus on heavy industry but ignore the sizeable contribution to the problem made by life science and labs, says Julien Tremblin. Yet sustainability...

Van Leeuwenhoek’s rich legacy endures three centuries on

August 24, 2023
He may have been a late starter in the field with which his name is indelibly associated but Antony van Leeuwenhoek's presence endures after 300 years says Professor Brian J...

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