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Stars present and future

Added: 5 Jan 2026

Another strong showing across the board in a hard-fought contest for the Lab Awards 2025.

Plasma breakthrough transforms Space from lab to factory

Added: 5 Jan 2026

British aerospace firm Space Forge is claiming a world first after producing a vital semiconductor …

Lab Babble: Epochs of contamination

Added: 15 Dec 2025

LLMs and nukes: not so different, says Russ Swan.

Playing in the big league

Added: 15 Dec 2025

Smaller lab equipment suppliers can be overawed by the bid process for public sector contracts. The…

Ri Christmas Lectures 2025: Universal truths

Added: 4 Dec 2025

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures mark two centuries of breaking barriers between science an…

Board of science

Added: 1 Dec 2025

Celebrating Game Theory’s 40th appearance, Ian Turner and Louise Robinson venture out from page 47 …

Researchers identify light’s hidden magnetism in Faraday Effect

Added: 24 Nov 2025

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem claim they have overturned a nearly two centuries…

Breaking down barriers to scientific knowledge

Added: 10 Nov 2025

The journey toward Open Science is complex and varied, but at its core lies a shared vision: making…

No. 10’s approach doesn’t add up

Added: 4 Nov 2025

Russ Swan despairs for science and tech.

Collaborative science in the spotlight

Added: 26 Oct 2025

As the NEC Birmingham prepares for this year’s Lab Innovations show from 29-30 October, the event’s…

Launch of three new microwave digestion systems

Added: 13 Oct 2025

Quality analysis with ICP-MS and AA/ICP-OES starts with good sample preparation and for this to be …

Mark of quality

Added: 13 Oct 2025

An important international standard, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 sets clear rules for how testing and calibr…

Doctoring priorities

Added: 6 Oct 2025

The medical profession is a key laboratory client. So, it pays to understand the strategic prioriti…

Putting knowledge before prestige

Added: 6 Oct 2025

Our reliance upon the impact factor is destroying public trust in science, argues Damian Pattinson.

Saving lives, protecting livelihoods

Added: 29 Sep 2025

Zoonotic disease Nipah virus (NiV) killed more than 100 people in a 1999 Malaysian outbreak. Simon …

Nuclear associations’ deal aims to foster greater US-UK exchange 

Added: 19 Sep 2025

The UK’s Nuclear Institute and the American Nuclear Society (ANS) have signed an agreement to offer…

AI claims another job: robot choreographer

Added: 7 Sep 2025

Lab produced algorithms may have solved a key challenge for today’s automated factories and might f…

Lab Babble: Turning basic science into TV gold

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Move over Mary Berry, writes Russ Swan.

Sensing what’s right

Added: 25 Aug 2025

Rigorous cleanroom certification requires accurate, real-time data. Microchip technology provided b…

Complexity demands clarity

Added: 25 Aug 2025

Science mustn’t take refuge in obscurity, insists Matthew Partridge.