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Pharmaceuticals and the environment: how can the industry put its best foot forward?

November 22, 2021
In recent years, it has become more and more important to both consumers and investors that they support organisations which display a high level of social and environmental responsibility. Camilla...

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future

November 22, 2021
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale greenhouse gases (GHG) being emitted annually by the plastics sector into the global atmosphere. In 2021, the...

Unlocking the Chinese R&D Puzzle Box

November 12, 2021
China is the world's second largest drug market after the US and is predicted to take a 30% share of the global market by 2023 [1,2]. With changing demographics and...

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...

PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation

November 2, 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) competition focusing on ways of tackling the climate emergency through the food system.

Collaboration to launch Leading Laboratories Recognition Program to help elevate quality patient care

November 1, 2021
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and The Joint Commission have established the Leading Laboratories Recognition Program – a designation that promotes laboratory leadership and helps elevate the visibility...

Shape-shifting worm blob model could inspire future robot swarms

October 26, 2021
Lumbriculus variegatus blackworms can aggregate into ‘blobs’ capable of collective movement. Researchers observed blackworms to model the behaviour of individual worms, as well as the formation and movement of blobs....

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies

October 22, 2021
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have been pinpointed by scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK. Research offers a way...

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...

Understanding powder flow in materials testing

October 14, 2021
Tapped density methods are a popular choice for assessing powder flow in materials laboratory testing. Here, Dr Katrina Brockbank discusses what data tapped density measurements actually do and do not...

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