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Registrations are open for November’s Lab Innovations
Added: 1 Sep 2021
Lab Innovations 2021, the UK’s only trade show for the laboratory industry, has opened visitor regi…
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Decades of research brings quantum dots to brink of widespread use
Added: 18 Aug 2021
A new article in Science magazine gives an overview of almost three decades of research into colloi…
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Get ready for Lab Awards 2021
Added: 9 Aug 2021
Brand new in 2021, the Lab Awards will be taking place at the ICC in Birmingham on the evening of N…
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All eyes on Lab Innovations 2021
Added: 5 Aug 2021
At Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, professionals, s…
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Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions
Added: 22 Jul 2021
A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people wi…
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Unlocking the value of data in Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN)
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Pharma companies, personnel involved in data standards, and ELN (electronic notebook) vendors are b…
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New topological superconductor could fill critical component gap in quantum computing
Added: 18 Jun 2021
A newly discovered superconductor could have enormous impact on quantum computing. The relative sen…
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Combining classical and quantum computing opens door to new discoveries
Added: 17 Jun 2021
New approaches are needed to lay the pathway to efficient and effective quantum computing. Now, res…
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Women in STEM see equality slip during the pandemic
Added: 11 Jun 2021
Despite some good work over the years, it has become apparent that there is yet more work to be don…
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Electron microscopy just became a thousand times more efficient
Added: 3 Jun 2021
Imaging a million samples a second to make electron microscopy a thousand times more efficient, the…
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Record quantum entanglement rates: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
Added: 2 Jun 2021
In a landmark step for quantum communications, researchers have achieved record entanglement rates …
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EV design concept capable of 30% longer range
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Automotive innovation start-up has revealed a patented design concept for an electric vehicle capab…
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Commercial quanta image sensors - a new era in solid-state imaging
Added: 27 May 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon c…
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UKRI funding to bring the public into the heart of five research projects
Added: 27 May 2021
UK Research and Innovation is encouraging people from across the UK to actively contribute to five …
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First virtual symposium on quantum technology, semiconductors, and power generation
Added: 24 May 2021
Oxford Instruments plc is pleased to announce its first Virtual Symposium on Quantum Technology, Se…
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X-ray Ptychography performed for first time at small-scale Laboratory Source
Added: 21 May 2021
X-ray ptychography has been used to perform high-resolution phase contrast diffraction imaging on s…
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High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars
Added: 21 May 2021
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-…
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Declining work-life balance for scientific researchers, survey finds
Added: 27 Apr 2021
Reseachers are generally known for their dedication and the percieved norm is that many work for pa…
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Visualising the light-bending dance of binary black holes using NASA's Discover supercomputer
Added: 20 Apr 2021
Try to imagine and describe a black hole. A big one! Now try to imagine a second supermassive black…
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Innovation roadmap to improve smartphone apps for point-of-care diagnosis and treatment guidance
Added: 19 Apr 2021
A new review paper looks at advanced research in smartphone-based imaging systems for healthcare. T…