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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...

Deadline looms for seats at biggest-ever Lab Awards

October 4, 2023
Time is running out for securing tickets to this year’s Lab Awards, in what will be the largest scale version of the ceremony that has yet been staged.

The root of it

October 2, 2023
Seaweed is an intrinsic part of our existence on this planet and it could just be the very thing that saves it too, argues Vincent Doumeizel. That’s why our perceptions...

Getting drastic on plastic

September 25, 2023
Our third feature on the Lab innovations My Green Lab/Laboratory News-curated sessions details Labcon’s Fred Laboroi’s outline of how his company targeted consumables in order to drive down GHG emissions.

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...

Sheffield scientists aid steel city to lead sector’s transition to greener fuel

September 23, 2023
Sheffield's place as a steel industry pioneer could receive a renewed boost as it prepares to lead in the sector’s transition to cleaner fuel.

A lighter approach

September 18, 2023
The drive to achieve sustainable laboratories affects all areas of operation. After the more obvious targets have been addressed, attention is shifting to other areas, notably fluorescence microscopy. Light emitting...

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

September 16, 2023
Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest awards in Swiss Science, the Marcel Benoist and Latsis prizes.

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.

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