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CHEMUK2026: Chemicals, with a laboratory slant

Added: 13 Apr 2026

CHEMUK’s remit runs wider than the laboratory but includes a specific focus upon it, linking what h…

When plasma leaves the laboratory

Added: 12 Apr 2026

The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environme…

Benchmark for success

Added: 6 Apr 2026

The Gatsby Foundation’s benchmarks are helping transform school careers guidance. Good news for STE…

IChemE president heads inquiry into sector research in UK

Added: 3 Apr 2026

IChemE has launched an inquiry into the state of chemical engineering research in the UK, headed by…

‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial NBR rubber

Added: 21 Mar 2026

Two pioneering techniques for the sustainable use of nitrile rubber products as new carbon dioxide-…

To PhD or not to PhD: Deciding if a research degree is right for you in today’s STEM landscape

Added: 1 Mar 2026

Once the ultimate academic accolade, a PhD is now just one of many paths in science. Katy Linkens o…

How to solve a problem like implementing Electronic Lab Notebooks

Added: 22 Feb 2026

Changing circumstances now favour more widespread adoption of Electronic Lab Notebooks. Yet the pro…

Digital dilemmas

Added: 16 Feb 2026

Lab 4.0 is double-edged, notes Matthew Partridge.

Lab Babble: From lab rat to lab art

Added: 4 Feb 2026

Russ Swan switches on the creative flow.

Scientists find sweet spot for tackling resistant pathogen

Added: 4 Feb 2026

Australian researchers have designed antibodies able to recognise a sugar present only on bacterial…

Creating a digitally enabled, automated R&D environment

Added: 2 Feb 2026

Digitally enabled lab environments, driven by AI, can help accelerate innovation, reduce lab errors…

Lab Innovations organiser releases attendance figures for "most successful" show

Added: 18 Jan 2026

Organisers of the recent Lab Innovations trade show at Birmingham NEC have claimed 2025 was their m…

Sounding cocci-ed

Added: 11 Jan 2026

Broadcasters have a duty to promote science but when they do, it helps to get the details right, ca…

Stars present and future

Added: 5 Jan 2026

Another strong showing across the board in a hard-fought contest for the Lab Awards 2025.

Big Ask: Bruntwood’s Kath Mackay

Added: 22 Dec 2025

Regional innovation ecosystems are crucial to ensure university spin-outs are retained and nurtured…

Lab Babble: Epochs of contamination

Added: 15 Dec 2025

LLMs and nukes: not so different, says Russ Swan.

Playing in the big league

Added: 15 Dec 2025

Smaller lab equipment suppliers can be overawed by the bid process for public sector contracts. The…

Powering the lab

Added: 8 Dec 2025

When a technology increases in sophistication, automation and ease of use, so can the results. In t…

Three steps for an intelligent strategy

Added: 8 Dec 2025

Generative AI will become ever more embedded within scientific research, the challenge is to keep i…

Ri Christmas Lectures 2025: Universal truths

Added: 4 Dec 2025

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures mark two centuries of breaking barriers between science an…