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Decades of research brings quantum dots to brink of widespread use
August 18, 2021
A new article in Science magazine gives an overview of almost three decades of research into colloidal quantum dots, assesses the technological progress for these nanometer-sized specs of semiconductor matter,...
Get ready for Lab Awards 2021
August 9, 2021
Brand new in 2021, the Lab Awards will be taking place at the ICC in Birmingham on the evening of November 3, 2021 — the first night of Lab Innovations....
Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021
August 5, 2021
Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021, the UK chemical industries national expo, being held on 15th & 16th September at the NEC in Birmingham. Presenting over 350 exhibitors...
All eyes on Lab Innovations 2021
August 5, 2021
At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, scientists, researchers and more will come together and do business for the first time in 2021. On...
The mind-boggling complexity of scientific waste
July 30, 2021
Why is scientific waste disposal complicated? Dr Matthew Partridge muses on that gap in student and researcher health and safety training, investigates documentation, and considers how we all might remember...
New shape-changing materials brings soft robotics to life
July 23, 2021
Imagine opening up a book of nature photos only to see a kaleidoscope of graceful butterflies flutter out from the page. Such fanciful storybooks might soon be possible thanks to...
Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions
July 22, 2021
A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome - when a person...
Real milk, real cheese – no cows required
July 8, 2021
Will 'animal-free' AI driven processing replace 'plant-based' dairy products? An Israeli start-up is applying AI to precision fermentation to artificially brew the whey and casein proteins that make up real...
Rapid sampling to support local communities in a time of great need
July 5, 2021
When disaster strikes, even a team of environmental chemists simply doing what they do best but doing it well, can be real heros. Technical analytics services come into their own...
New topological superconductor could fill critical component gap in quantum computing
June 18, 2021
A newly discovered superconductor could have enormous impact on quantum computing. The relative sensitivity of qubits - the elementary units of quantum computers - has raised challenges with reliability when...
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