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New map of Southern Ocean floor will boost understanding of climate processes

June 10, 2022
International researchers have completed what has been hailed as the most detailed seafloor map of the Southern Ocean ever published.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Geophysics, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Tectonics, Zoology
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It pays to be pretty if you’re a threatened fish

June 9, 2022
News
Humans don’t only judge each other unfairly on looks, they do the same when it comes to fish species in danger of extinction.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Environment, Environmental, Marine Biology
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REF results hammer home the importance of UK university-business collaboration

June 1, 2022
News
The results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) identify ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ research across the UK. Indeed, 41% of submissions were judged to be world-leading, and 43% as...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’

May 31, 2022
Insight
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a research learning tool that returns experimental results as side-by-side, colour coded...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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How to minimise the risk of cross-contamination in laboratories

May 26, 2022
Feature
Cross-contamination is a major concern for any laboratory and can lead to false and inaccurate results. Andrew Powers discusses how to mitigate the risk of potential time and resource losses...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – social prescribing can help

May 25, 2022
News
A new study demonstrates the significant environmental impact of harmful chemical and biological agents we use in our daily activities and then flush down our drains. Personal care products, detergents,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Health & Safety, Oceanography, Policy
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Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy

May 23, 2022
News
Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), that is at the centre of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The Sgr...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Computer Science, Environment, Physics
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Reducing microbiological growth in your lab

May 12, 2022
Feature
Microbes are invisible to the naked eye. Every laboratory user carries a microbiome load of c.100 trillion microbes and sheds 10gms of skin each day. Under optimum conditions, a microbial...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, In Depth, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Industry 4.0 for UK chem labs

May 10, 2022
Insight
In advance of her talk as part of the Lab News hosted session at CHEMUK 2022, Iwona Kandpal looks at driving innovation in UK chemical labs in small and medium...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Computational Chemistry, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
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When more knowledge does not equal more complexity

May 9, 2022
Insight
In a world saturated with information, Dr Diane Turner discusses how more in-depth learning about application methods and approaches can often help simplify the use of analytical instrumentation, rather than...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Food & Bev, Forensics, Health & Safety, Materials, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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