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Chemists use DNA to build the world’s tiniest antenna
Added: 14 Jan 2022
Inspired by the ‘Lego-like’ properties of DNA, with building blocks that are typically 20,000 times…
Electron diffraction: A technique suggesting radically new things
Added: 11 Jan 2022
Crystallography mainly relies on diffraction techniques and the most recent of them, electron diffr…
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 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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
How to gain Chinese regulation compliance
Added: 12 Nov 2021
Dr Paul Orange outlines the project which led to his involvement in the new Chinese battery protoco…
Construction robotics - research and innovation from China
Added: 12 Nov 2021
While advances in robotic automation have revolutionised manufacturing over past decades, assemblin…
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…
