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It’s a small world after all

March 15, 2011
Throughout the course of their work, scientists take not only informative technical images, but beautifully artistic pictures that can speak a thousand words – Laboratory News takes a look at...

Safe soil – identifying PAHs

March 10, 2011
Suli Zhao and Andy Zhai take us through some of the analytical techniques used for identifying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil samples

Nanotech – a bead of hope for big pharma?

March 8, 2011
One of the greatest challenges for those working in the research and development of pharmaceutical products is the step from laboratory to full-scale production. Nanotechnology has provided a real step...

Film analysis: No stone unturned

March 3, 2011
Jo Smewing explores new methods to help pharmaceutical manufacturers quantify and analyse the performance characteristics of pharmaceutical film applications

Use of animals in research: What do you think?

March 1, 2011
Over the past two issues we have presented arguments from the BUAV and the Dr Hadwen Trust on how and why they think the use of animals in scientific research...

The good, the bad and the colourful

February 17, 2011
E numbers are bad: artificial colourings make children hyperactive; MSG causes headaches; artificial sweeteners cause cancer – with press like this, it's easy to see why the public think E...

Nano goes to the extreme

February 15, 2011
Dr Ben Beake explains why testing at sub zero and elevated temperatures is essential to the development of more reliable advanced materials operating in extreme environments

The best of both worlds

February 10, 2011
Resolution and analytical power are combined in confocal Raman spectroscopy - but there are some problems. However, these can be overcome says Dr Olaf Hollricher

London 2012: Holding back the Hematide

February 8, 2011
As preparations continue for London's moment in the sporting spotlight next year - Dermot Martin takes a look at drug testing in sport and highlights a new performance enhancer that...

The way forward for FAMEs analysis?

February 3, 2011
When it comes to automating sample preparation for FAME analysis - can robots really replace the proven expertise of a technician? Ray Perkins tells us why he thinks they can…

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