All Health & Safety
Rising costs and material shortages pile pressure on UK’s over-stretched laboratories
Added: 2 Mar 2022
A stark warning has been issued about the challenges facing under-pressure laboratories in the UK a…
Understanding menopause in your workforce
Added: 1 Mar 2022
While jumping at the chance to tell her personal story about how menopause has affected her work, t…
Moving from 'Use by' to 'Best before' dates: participate in the project
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Many producers have elected to display 'Best before' in place of 'Use by' dates on fresh pasteurise…
Making an impact in remote laboratory research
Added: 16 Feb 2022
During Lab Innovations last November, Anna Cooper and Raymond Wong were delighted to pick up the ‘M…
New Levelling Up white paper highlights research and innovation
Added: 8 Feb 2022
Academics and business experts respond to the Government’s new levelling up agenda, as outlined in …
Laboratory worker allergies go under the microscope
Added: 8 Feb 2022
To date, there are relatively few studies on the relationship between exposure to laboratory allerg…
Replacing unsustainable materials in nanostructure surfaces
Added: 7 Feb 2022
New research results from Linnaeus University opens for a future with more sustainably produced nan…
Understanding the true scale of your carbon liability
Added: 25 Jan 2022
Laboratory-based process loads impact operational energy use. Debbie Hobbs discusses the shift towa…
How to train your AI microscope
Added: 20 Jan 2022
Artificial Intelligence will define the future of microscopy. With increased demand for more powerf…
Can virtual academic conferences make STEM fields more inclusive?
Added: 10 Jan 2022
While the global shift towards virtual events has clearly reduced the carbon footprint, it also rai…
Net zero rubber duck debugging
Added: 3 Jan 2022
Despite a total lack of green fingers, Dr Matthew Partridge argues that a plant is an essential res…
The promise of COVID-19 surveillance through wastewater testing
Added: 22 Dec 2021
Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wast…
The QC lab – Connecting the digital landscape
Added: 20 Dec 2021
There is an almost universal need to combat the growing complexity of disjointed quality control ec…
Laboratories: sustainable design and operation
Added: 17 Dec 2021
Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Dr Manisha Kulkarni discusses why laboratory environme…
Rule Zero: Is this meeting really necessary?
Added: 16 Dec 2021
As the #greatresignation sweeps organisations into a new reality across the nation, Russ Swan discu…
Shaking up the lab of the future
Added: 15 Dec 2021
From testing and drug discovery to vaccine rollout, collaboration and open innovation have been vit…
Gesture control for lab robots
Added: 14 Dec 2021
Lab environments differ from factory floors. Robotics expert, Stephen Guy, explores how close human…
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…
