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Lab Awards finalists named
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Finalists have been announced for the Lab Awards – hosted by Lab Innovations in partnership with La…
How can AI advance laboratory research?
Added: 21 Oct 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, and laboratory research may be the …
Nikon Small World hands awards first place to photogenic gecko image
Added: 16 Oct 2022
The three millimetre hand of a lizard embryo captured on camera in incredible detail has won first …
Climate turns frosty for UK participation
Added: 20 Sep 2022
Whatever dividends might accrue from Brexit, British science looks set to lose its key role in the …
CCDC grants aim to inspire tomorrow’s structural chemistry pioneers
Added: 11 Sep 2022
One of the world’s leading resources for structural chemistry, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Cent…
Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry
Added: 27 Aug 2022
Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable indust…
Game Theory: Ecosystem
Added: 8 Aug 2022
Games are always a fun way to spend time. Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner, reviewed Ecosystem …
eDNA and metabarcoding for monitoring biodiversity
Added: 18 Jul 2022
As the impact of anthropogenic change on environmental biodiversity becomes an increasingly pressin…
Innovations in geodetics for environmental research
Added: 4 Jul 2022
From coastal landslide modelling to mapping geological hazards, monitoring active lava domes and bi…
Leading chemical and utility firms join RSC polymer sustainability task force
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced four leading industry recruits have joined its S…
RSPB report criticises poor regulation of 150 pesticides
Added: 3 Jul 2022
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has attacked current risk assessments for chem…
Turning drought into opportunity
Added: 30 Jun 2022
Mineral physics can help provide a solution to water shortage and its applications may not be limit…
In agro: field labs and farmer-led research
Added: 19 Jun 2022
The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers …
New map of Southern Ocean floor will boost understanding of climate processes
Added: 10 Jun 2022
International researchers have completed what has been hailed as the most detailed seafloor map of …
REF results hammer home the importance of UK university-business collaboration
Added: 1 Jun 2022
The results of the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) identify ‘world-leading’ and ‘interna…
Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’
Added: 31 May 2022
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a…
How to minimise the risk of cross-contamination in laboratories
Added: 26 May 2022
Cross-contamination is a major concern for any laboratory and can lead to false and inaccurate resu…
Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – social prescribing can help
Added: 25 May 2022
A new study demonstrates the significant environmental impact of harmful chemical and biological ag…
Identifying and reducing day-to-day stress in laboratories
Added: 19 May 2022
A busy laboratory can be a stressful working environment, especially if there is a backlog of sampl…
Reducing microbiological growth in your lab
Added: 12 May 2022
Microbes are invisible to the naked eye. Every laboratory user carries a microbiome load of c.100 t…
