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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…

Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021

Added: 5 Aug 2021

Visitor registration has now opened for CHEMUK 2021, the UK chemical industries national expo, bein…

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…

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…

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…

Expansion microscopy: Imaging biological samples at nanoscale using an ordinary light microscope

Added: 9 Apr 2021

Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological s…

UK gov to launch Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)

Added: 23 Feb 2021

As part of its plans to cement the UK’s position as a global science superpower and build back bett…

ACHEMA live event postponed by nine months

Added: 18 Nov 2020

Further updates to our event horizon include a nine-month postponement of ACHEMA to April 2022, on …

Science and scientists held in high esteem across the globe

Added: 1 Oct 2020

As the world looks to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments a…

Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement

Added: 16 Oct 2019

The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…

PM reintroduces graduate visa

Added: 18 Sep 2019

A new work visa introduced by Boris Johnson’s government will allow international science students …

House of Lords calls for urgent forensics revamp

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 1 May 2019

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called for urgent reforms to forensic scien…

Investment for world’s first portable fingerprint drug test

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 7 Mar 2018

UK-based Intelligent Fingerprinting, developers of the world’s first portable fingerprint drug test…

It’s not all CSI at the forensics exhibition

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 27 Apr 2015

Wellcome Collection has opened an exhibition focused on the history, science and art of forensic me…

Fingerprint analysis without destroying evidence

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 24 Apr 2015

A new method can be used to analyse both fingerprints and small particles from the same surface avo…

Unexpected insects leave clues for entomologists

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 22 Apr 2015

Entomologists have discovered insects – normally not associated with human corpses – can provide cl…

Podiatry experts hit high demand

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 17 Apr 2015

The demand for forensic podiatry expertise has increased significantly since the 1990s. !--more--

A peak below the surface…

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 13 Apr 2015

Scientists have designed a technique for recovering destroyed serial numbers on metal objects.!--mo…

Improving fingerprint identification

tpttbqtbbt.d tpttbqtbbt.d | Added: 14 Dec 2012

A new approach for making finger prints on paper more visible has been developed by scientists at t…