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How to create a successful life sciences development
Added: 13 Dec 2021
With fresh funding and growth in investment across the market, Jennifer Townsend looks at three key…

Low-cost, ultra-sensitive gravimeter for early detection of volcanic activity uses MEMS technology
Added: 10 Dec 2021
A new device being developed by University of Glasgow in collaboration with a leading product desig…

2022 predictions on the advances in life sciences innovation
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Innovation experts recently hired specifically to study emerging tech and drive collaboration predi…

Forensic technology used to deliver justice in 38-year-old murder case
Added: 9 Dec 2021
A unique fingerprint visualisation system has been making news in the US this week after being used…

Good research has never been more important
Added: 3 Dec 2021
With scientific matters enjoying the media spotlight, Dr Frances Downey argues that the scientific …

Balloon-driven hybrid mobile communications network launched in Zanzibar
Added: 2 Dec 2021
A unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network is being launched in Zanzibar. Expected to deliver fu…

Renewable energy's hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate
Added: 2 Dec 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transit…

IF AI = 1 THEN Partridge = 0
Added: 26 Nov 2021
Contemplating the potential for personal redundancy as a result of too much daydreaming, Dr Matthew…

World’s leading academic journals join pledge to fight bias in publishing
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Global giants Springer Nature, De Gruyter and Taylor & Francis join Wiley, Elsevier and SAGE Publis…

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …

Pharmaceuticals and the environment: how can the industry put its best foot forward?
Added: 22 Nov 2021
In recent years, it has become more and more important to both consumers and investors that they su…

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future
Added: 22 Nov 2021
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale green…

Unlocking the Chinese R&D Puzzle Box
Added: 12 Nov 2021
China is the world’s second largest drug market after the US and is predicted to take a 30% share o…

Lab Awards 2021 Winners
Added: 3 Nov 2021
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Lab Awards 2021!
The awards were brought to you by…

PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation
Added: 2 Nov 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and…

Collaboration to launch Leading Laboratories Recognition Program to help elevate quality patient care
Added: 1 Nov 2021
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and The Joint Commission have established the Le…

Shape-shifting worm blob model could inspire future robot swarms
Added: 26 Oct 2021
Lumbriculus variegatus blackworms can aggregate into ‘blobs’ capable of collective movement. Resear…

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies
Added: 22 Oct 2021
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have be…

Pandemic accelerates automation in the lab sector
Added: 15 Oct 2021
Laboratories are just one of the many businesses that were forced to adapt operations because of th…

Understanding powder flow in materials testing
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Tapped density methods are a popular choice for assessing powder flow in materials laboratory testi…