All Nanotech
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…
Picodroplet microfluidics - specialist chemicals for single cell analysis
Added: 10 Jan 2022
Picodroplet microfluidics is used to isolate single cells for high-throughput single cell analysis.…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Monitoring dust collection in Pharma manufacturing is easier with IoT
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Pharmaceutical companies must continually monitor and manage dust levels in facilities. Here, Emily…
