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Creating a Successful Lab Buildout Plan
Added: 8 Aug 2022
Creating a detailed plan is a vital part of making lab build projects run smoothly with minimal pit…

Fera Science launches £1million laboratory for insect bioconversion in York
Added: 5 Aug 2022
Agri-food and environmental science services Fera Science Ltd has opened a £1 million specialist in…

Creating places for people to drive life science
Added: 24 Jul 2022
While technology and collaboration has made it possible for many to consider giving up their commut…

eDNA and metabarcoding for monitoring biodiversity
Added: 18 Jul 2022
As the impact of anthropogenic change on environmental biodiversity becomes an increasingly pressin…

Arboreal anural amphibians amaze academics
Added: 9 Jul 2022
A study intended to track tree-dwelling mammal species has uncovered a surprise occupant in the bra…

Innovations in geodetics for environmental research
Added: 4 Jul 2022
From coastal landslide modelling to mapping geological hazards, monitoring active lava domes and bi…

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…
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…

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…

Cambridge’s ninth fund underlines place as UK uni spin-outs investment leader
Added: 26 Jun 2022
Cambridge University has cemented its standing as the UK leader for university spin-outs with the f…

How food microbiology contract labs can drive sustainable impact
Added: 19 Jun 2022
Safe and trusted food is essential for the food industry to prosper — especially in today’s landsca…

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 …

It pays to be pretty if you’re a threatened fish
Added: 9 Jun 2022
Humans don’t only judge each other unfairly on looks, they do the same when it comes to fish specie…

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…

Meet the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Added: 23 May 2022
Scientists have captured humanity’s first look at the supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A…

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…