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Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?

January 10, 2022
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also raises questions regarding accessibility. Specifically, can virtual events overcome barriers of diversity and inclusion in...

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

January 6, 2022
Recent research highlights just some of the historical, social and economic factors which have influenced the field of palaeontology and significantly skewed accessible fossil records. The first step towards conducting...

Net zero rubber duck debugging

January 3, 2022
Despite a total lack of green fingers, Dr Matthew Partridge argues that a plant is an essential research tool… far better than a rubber duck in fact

The QC lab – Connecting the digital landscape

December 20, 2021
There is an almost universal need to combat the growing complexity of disjointed quality control ecosystems that have sprung up in laboratories as a result of previously limited technological solutions....

Laboratories: sustainable design and operation

December 17, 2021
Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Dr Manisha Kulkarni discusses why laboratory environments, by nature, consume high levels of energy and how energy efficiency and environmental impact can be tackled through small,...

Rule Zero: Is this meeting really necessary?

December 16, 2021
As the #greatresignation sweeps organisations into a new reality across the nation, Russ Swan discusses the purpose of meetings and reassesses the rules of rulemaking...

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