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How much do you value your training officer?

October 14, 2008
Passing knowledge from one generation to the next is fine for legends and fables, but not for laboratory training says Georgina Lavender. Here she gives us an overview of how...

Laboratory news Q&A: Sterilin

October 9, 2008
With over 40 years of laboratory product experience, Sterilin have been there, seen it and got the t-shirt. Here we hear tales of mergers and dissolutions with CEO John Adkins

How healthy is your heart?

October 9, 2008
If the answer is "not very" then myeloperoxidase can be used as a useful detector of cardiac disease

Keeping it real

October 7, 2008
Natural products are highly valued by consumers yet it has been difficult to reproduce their properties fully in synthetic materials. The key, say the NPL, is knowing how we perceive...

Reaching for legislation

October 2, 2008
The chemical industry in Europe is one of the most tightly regulated and it is set to get tighter as new legislation comes into force. Simon Robinson summarises the REACH...

Chemicals on demand

October 2, 2008
Transporting and storing disinfectants and biocides can be dangerous and expensive – the best way to avoid this, says Mel Berman, is to make them at the point of use....

Make your assay count

September 25, 2008
Measurement of cell counts and viability is an essential task done routinely in any biology lab working with cells. Yet, a decades-old methodology is in near universal use even today...

Use the force

September 23, 2008
The ability of cells to bond to each other involves many processes and can reveal much about biological function. Here we learn why - in the world of cell adhesion...

Switching on the future – labs go wireless

September 18, 2008
More and more people are choosing to go wireless – is it time laboratories followed suit? Kate Whelan thinks so, and says that the humble pump is showing us the...

Microbiology targets food safety

September 16, 2008
As producers and retailers increasingly source materials from around the world, the challenge of ensuring the microbiological safety and quality of the food supply has become a global one. Here...

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