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Liebherr launches new under-bench fridge and freezers for lab and healthcare providers

August 2, 2025
Liebherr, specialists in commercial refrigeration, have introduced its new range of under-bench fridges and freezers, engineered to meet the diverse and demanding needs of modern laboratories, research and healthcare facilities.

Future-proof your workforce with a scientist degree apprenticeship

April 22, 2025
Keep your business at the forefront of science, technology, engineering and manufacturing by using the apprenticeship levy to train the next generation of skilled scientists through a Scientist Degree Apprenticeship...

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Combating microplastics

October 28, 2024
Microscopy techniques are used to identify and characterise microplastics, but each has limitations, especially with small particles. Emerging methods such as holographic imaging and fluorescent dyes show promise, yet further...

The changing diagnostic testing paradigm

January 22, 2024
Despite laboratories' longstanding reliance upon microbial culture for infectious disease identification, the pressures of the pandemic have increased interest in the uses of alternatives, not least molecular diagnostics, argues Tim...

Achieving an animal free IHC

November 13, 2023
With alternative technologies available, we should be seeking antibody alternatives that avoid the unnecessary use of animals in research, urges Dr David Bunka.

Knowledge is power: In silico modelling of Covid-19

October 3, 2022
Scientific research takes time. But, as the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted, sometimes that's a luxury scientists can't afford, says ≈. Experimentation and data guide us to the 'right' decision based on...

Doppelganger effect

September 26, 2022
Ethical and medical challenges combined with technological advances and improved data capabilities have advanced the use of computational modelling in preference to animal testing. It may take longer though to...

How to minimise the risk of cross-contamination in laboratories

May 26, 2022
Cross-contamination is a major concern for any laboratory and can lead to false and inaccurate results. Andrew Powers discusses how to mitigate the risk of potential time and resource losses...

E. coli K-12 turns 100 this year

May 17, 2022
While not your most obvious candidate for centenary celebrations, Brittany Niccum explains why we should commemorate the isolation of E. coli K-12 strain – arguably one of the most thoroughly...

Reducing microbiological growth in your lab

May 12, 2022
Microbes are invisible to the naked eye. Every laboratory user carries a microbiome load of c.100 trillion microbes and sheds 10gms of skin each day. Under optimum conditions, a microbial...

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