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World’s leading academic journals join pledge to fight bias in publishing

November 25, 2021
Global giants Springer Nature, De Gruyter and Taylor & Francis join Wiley, Elsevier and SAGE Publishing to sign up to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s commitment for equality in publishing....

Lab Awards 2021 Winners

November 3, 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Lab Awards 2021! The awards were brought to you by Lab Innovations in partnership with Laboratory News and presented during the first afternoon...

Potential new treatment for COVID-19 identified

November 1, 2021
Researchers have identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. In order to multiply, all viruses, including coronaviruses, infect cells and reprogramme...

How food and drink labs have adapted since COVID-19

October 27, 2021
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the mass stock-piling of food products like chicken, flour and eggs. This had a major knock-on effect on food and drinks...

Pandemic accelerates automation in the lab sector

October 15, 2021
Laboratories are just one of the many businesses that were forced to adapt operations because of the coronavirus pandemic. While some QA/QC labs fared well, others that rely on collaborative...

New potential factor contributing to severity of COVID-19 identified

September 27, 2021
Researchers have found that the so-called 'do not eat me', virus-induced signal protein, CD47, may be responsible for the development of life-threatening COVID-19 symptoms in some individuals. By preventing the...

Top 5 Questions to ask your Employer about Safe Workspaces

September 10, 2021
Offices and laboratories are often close knit workspaces and as we have learnt that COVID-19 primarily infects via airborne transmission. Research estimates between 60% to 90%. From these statistics, infection...

NHS takes steps to minimise impact of blood tube shortage

September 9, 2021
The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has delivered a clarification statement regarding the shortage of blood test tubes and the resulting backlog in patient testing. While the situation will have...

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