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New shape-changing materials brings soft robotics to life

July 23, 2021
Imagine opening up a book of nature photos only to see a kaleidoscope of graceful butterflies flutter out from the page. Such fanciful storybooks might soon be possible thanks to...

Unlocking the value of data in Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN)

July 16, 2021
Pharma companies, personnel involved in data standards, and ELN (electronic notebook) vendors are being sought to help with the Semantic Enrichment of ELN Data (SEED) project which uses data standards...

How to improve energy efficiency in your lab

June 17, 2021
Much of the literature on energy efficiency and reducing energy usage is directed at residential homes, but laboratories are one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in the United States. Luckily,...

SoyFilm: Is this the end of fossil fuel single-use plastics?

June 10, 2021
At last! A sustainable, scalable and 100 percent natural plant protein-based polymer that functions like plastic and can be broken down naturally after use. Inspired by spiders webs, the polymer...

Sedentarism and other physical health risks for laboratory workers

June 9, 2021
During the course of the last year, many more people have had to get used to working from home. There are of course, lots of workers who are still going...

Retargeting space: converting offices to labs

June 7, 2021
With laboratory space in high demand, Darius Umrigar discusses how commercial space can be quickly converted to target the needs of either light or heavy life science

Scientific research opens doors to unexpected careers

June 1, 2021
Humans have an innate sense of curiosity, making us natural scientists from the moment we come into the world. Often, this scientific curiosity dwindles as we get older and pursue...

Commercial quanta image sensors – a new era in solid-state imaging

May 27, 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon counting at room temperature is now accessible commercially. The CMOS-based QIS devices use patented sensor architecture and...

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