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Cold cure

August 19, 2024
Power-intensive equipment such as fridges and freezers significantly impact energy conservation in labs. The Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) helps combat this challenge, says Richard Jafrato, who highlights how strategic...

Speedy separation offers tool for microplastics and cancer cell studies

August 17, 2024
Researchers in Sweden have pinpointed a method to speed the separation of particles in fluids, providing a potential aid to the study of microplastics in drinking water and the analysis...

Unveiling the ripple effect

August 12, 2024
Dr Gen Li returns to the theme of how the war in Ukraine has impacted global clinical development and the further lessons that have been learned.

Focus on the foreign to life

August 12, 2024
Xenobiotics – those chemical substances found within organisms but not naturally produced by them – are a significant part of Dr Narimantas __nas’ research at Vilnius University’s Life Sciences Centre...

PacBio-Singapore project to create largest SE Asian genome dataset

August 10, 2024
Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme and genomic sequencing leader PacBio have embarked on a project that aims to produce a more diverse reserve of reference genomes.

Bezos fund gives £1.2 million to develop livestock methane vaccine

August 10, 2024
The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a UK medical institution a £1,200,000 grant to tackle livestock-methane, responsible for an estimated 14% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

The evolution of CRISPR cell line technology

August 6, 2024
CRISPR technology’s initial applications were primarily focused on targeted genome editing, but its use has expanded into cell line engineering, which holds promises of groundbreaking advancements, insists Philip Hargreaves.

Scientists hijack brain parasite for new therapy delivery vehicle

August 3, 2024
Harmful brain parasites could be effectively hijacked as vehicles for therapeutic treatment for neurological diseases, suggests new research.

Real time tracking could slash millions from bill for lost NHS lab samples

August 2, 2024
Supermarket style product tracking piloted at a Leeds hospital could be used to cut the NHS’s mammoth annual bill for lost lab samples.

Nuclear arsenal

July 29, 2024
Advances in benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation have brought the benefits of NMR spectroscopy without the associated time and money costs, explains Jürgen Kolz – providing a useful weapon against...

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