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Taking imaging to the third dimension

October 4, 2011
It is a stalwart for the medical sector, but now X-ray CT could breakthrough into the world of product testing. Tom Ray discusses a new technique for 3D imagingMicrostructure affects...

Past masters…

October 4, 2011
Many editorial staff have made Laboratory News what it is over the last 40 years - here some past Editors share with us their thoughts on their time at the...

Improving human health in space

September 29, 2011
New therapeutic approaches are required to battle deteriorating health and mission performance during spaceflight. Using worms as model organisms, RNA interference which is used as a method to silence gene...

Our chemical romance – how chemistry touches our lives

September 27, 2011
The International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) is an entire year devoted to the celebration of chemistry. Under the unifying theme “Chemistry – our life, our future,” IYC 2011 reaches...

GC-MS: The superior forensic tool

September 22, 2011
In the wake of the recent dioxin poisoning scare in Europe that sparked import bans on some German farm products, GC-MS is emerging as the perfect analytical tool for forensic...

Science and social media – are you connected?

September 20, 2011
Are scientists embracing the power of social media, or still living in the dark ages when it comes to communication in the 21st century?

Improving your protein predictions

September 15, 2011
Measuring zeta potential is a valuable way to predict how a protein will behave in solution - but there are problems with the method. Here we learn of a new...

The bioluminescence advantage

September 13, 2011
Although scientists draw upon a range of photon-emitting chemistries for various experimental purposes, bioluminescence has become widely preferred for quantitative bioanalysis. Keith Wood discusses the advantages that bioluminescence brings to...

Easing health and safety compliance in the lab

September 8, 2011
Health, safety, and security in laboratories are of growing concern to the public, government agencies, research institutions, and now also to scientists. Here is our guide to easing the compliance...

On the face of it…

September 6, 2011
Our ability to measure on the micro- and nano- scale is vital in many everyday items - and if you get the topology correct there is often no need to...

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