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To PhD or not to PhD: Deciding if a research degree is right for you in today’s STEM landscape
Added: 1 Mar 2026
Once the ultimate academic accolade, a PhD is now just one of many paths in science. Katy Linkens o…
Why the lab world Is heading to analytica
Added: 1 Mar 2026
In a world where scientific progress is accelerating faster than ever, staying ahead means being wh…
How to solve a problem like implementing Electronic Lab Notebooks
Added: 22 Feb 2026
Changing circumstances now favour more widespread adoption of Electronic Lab Notebooks. Yet the pro…
Technology's spotlight should be on abusers, not victims
Added: 22 Feb 2026
The proliferation of intrusive and humiliating online representations of female celebrities and oth…
Biosimilars and the post-patent environment
Added: 16 Feb 2026
The market and frameworks for biologics and their biosimilars are growing and ever-evolving, as ill…
The invisible influencer
Added: 4 Feb 2026
Biological assays are a vital part of modern research and drug discovery, yet their reproducibility…
Microscopes to market: Exporting for innovation
Added: 2 Feb 2026
Lab and life science innovators often lack the knowledge and resources to expand into foreign marke…
Creating a digitally enabled, automated R&D environment
Added: 2 Feb 2026
Digitally enabled lab environments, driven by AI, can help accelerate innovation, reduce lab errors…
Gatsby: a benchmark for STEM success
Added: 16 Jan 2026
The Gatsby Foundation’s benchmarks are helping transform school careers guidance. Good news for STE…
Sounding cocci-ed
Added: 11 Jan 2026
Broadcasters have a duty to promote science but when they do, it helps to get the details right, ca…
Stars present and future
Added: 5 Jan 2026
Another strong showing across the board in a hard-fought contest for the Lab Awards 2025.
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…
Powering the lab
Added: 8 Dec 2025
When a technology increases in sophistication, automation and ease of use, so can the results. In t…
Three steps for an intelligent strategy
Added: 8 Dec 2025
Generative AI will become ever more embedded within scientific research, the challenge is to keep i…
Taking a jab at scientific conspiracy theory
Added: 3 Dec 2025
A brush with clinical research during the Covid epidemic set writer Lloyd Evans’ imagination racing…
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…
