Policy - Laboratory News

Our third feature on the Lab innovations My Green Lab/Laboratory News-curated sessions details Labcon’s Fred Laboroi’s outline of how his company targeted consumables in order to drive down GHG emissions.

Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy

Sheffield scientists aid steel city to lead sector’s transition to greener fuel

September 23, 2023

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Sheffield's place as a steel industry pioneer could receive a renewed boost as it prepares to lead in the sector’s transition to cleaner fuel.

Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Health & Safety, Policy

Pistoia survey reveals AI is top tech investment for life sciences

September 19, 2023

Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

AI and Machine Learning will be the top tech investment for life science companies over the next two years, suggests a new survey from The Pistoia Alliance in partnership with...

Energy, Food & Bev, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

A lighter approach

September 18, 2023

The drive to achieve sustainable laboratories affects all areas of operation. After the more obvious targets have been addressed, attention is shifting to other areas, notably fluorescence microscopy. Light emitting...

Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy

MRC £2 million targets hard to treat cancers

September 16, 2023

Cancers with notably poor survival rates are the targets of a £2 million Medical Research Council intervention to support researchers.

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Discovery, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharmaceutical, Policy

Plants and particles win Turlings and Shchutska top Swiss science awards

September 16, 2023

Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering

Biologist Ted Turlings and physicist Lesya Shchutska are this year’s winners of the the two highest awards in Swiss Science, the Marcel Benoist and Latsis prizes.

Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Botany, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Genetics, Particle Physics, Physics, Policy, Soil Science

Informed consent: Maximising compliance and minimising risk

September 12, 2023

While the principle of participant consent is better appreciated in clinical research today than in previous decades, the opportunities for error remain considerable. However, a combination of digital technologies and...

Chemistry, Life Sciences

Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Health & Safety, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Policy

Water, the source of (lab) life

September 11, 2023

When it comes to laboratory liquid, there’s just nothing that can top the peerless H20, argues Matthew Partridge.

Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy

Funding for vaccine to tackle cause of UK pig herds’ major respiratory threat

September 9, 2023

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council are funding the Royal Veterinary College efforts to develop vaccines to tackle the most...