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Sponge enables robot to crack the egg challenge

June 10, 2023
Robots have demonstrated their efficiency over the human and manual approach in many areas but still struggle to match the fine motor skills of people when handling, say, an egg.

Metrology’s ‘house journal’ celebrates 100 not out

May 21, 2023
The World’s oldest scientific instrumentation and measurement journal is celebrating a century of publishing by releasing a special collection of metrology research papers revisiting themes from its earliest days.

Lab Innovations reports majority of exhibition space sold for 2023

May 13, 2023
Trade show Lab Innovations says it has sold more than 84% of its exhibition space for this year, despite increasing floorspace for this year.

UKRI minimum stipend to rise to £18.6k for academic year

May 5, 2023
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has said its minimum stipend for funded doctoral students’ living costs, will rise to £18,622 for academic year 2023 to 2024.

‘Robocarp’ makes splash with motion breakthrough 

April 27, 2023
A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could enhance underwater exploration and extend the uses of low-cost twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) actuator devices.

Bristol team help boost Chornobyl radiation monitoring

April 3, 2023
Researchers from the University of Bristol will be part of the international team seeking to repair and improve radiological monitoring for the Chornobyl exclusion zone, close to the conflict zone...

US space science’s $3 million lift-off for school STEM booster

April 2, 2023
NASA has allocated more than $3 million (£2.42 million) to a number of higher education colleges across the USA and its dependent territories in order to boost opportunity in STEM...

Let’s talk about sex, maybe

March 29, 2023
As the Natural History Museum hosts the first European display of Patagotitan, Brian J Ford revisits his theory, first published a decade ago in Laboratory News, that the clue to...

Colouring our view

March 20, 2023
The work of spectroscopy’s early pioneers continues to influence us today, says Brian J Ford, and in more ways than we might think.

Investing in futures

March 5, 2023
It’s not only students who need to take placements seriously. Lab managers too must adopt a long-term view of their value, suggests George Barsted.

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