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Setting up a UK Lighthouse laboratory
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The Lighthouse Labs take their name from the PCR testing technology which uses fluorescent light to…

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Added: 16 Feb 2021
The breakthroughs in vaccine development that have been achieved in just ten months clearly demonst…

We can be Zero! Time for a strategic change to combat virus variants?
Added: 8 Feb 2021
As we emerge from the devasting second wave of the virus, there is a growing feeling among some vir…

Bright future for multitasking CRISPR as it tackles complex diseases and COVID
Added: 29 Jan 2021
In these pseudo-dystopian days of unprecedented pandemic. white-coated men and women in labs all ov…

Unlimited gas separations materials data and analysis for industry
Added: 25 Jan 2021
An international research team has reduced the analysis of materials for gas separation from weeks …

2020's top 100 highlights in research and scholarly commentary
Added: 21 Jan 2021
Good science thrives - even during a pandemic! We all know what dominated most of our thoughts in 2…

Streamlining critical workflows
Added: 4 Jan 2021
Research technician, Yvette Hoade, explains how electronic pipettes and pipetting robots help speed…

Healthcare takes on psychedelics - an emerging market led by Europe
Added: 17 Dec 2020
More and more revolutionary mind-altering medicines and treatments based on active ingredients prev…

'Don't try this at home!' - a tale of caution from the BMJ's Christmas issue
Added: 16 Dec 2020
The BMJ take a cautious, christmassy look at the total toxicity of George's Marvellous Medicine and…

Calling out #nescience as nonsense
Added: 11 Dec 2020
Having done his own research, Russ Swan appeals against the current vogue for innumeracy, unchecked…

Planet Earth: A user’s guide
Added: 4 Dec 2020
In the 2020 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, three expert scientists from different fields wil…

#DryLabsRealScience: Teaching practicals without labs
Added: 16 Nov 2020
Wondering how to teach wet science, forensics and laboratory best practice remotely? Or have you al…

Frontiers survey: Early impact of COVID-19 on scientists
Added: 5 Nov 2020
With scientists under such enormous political and social pressure to deliver answers to the current…

Clarifying VAT on PPE for charities during COVID pandemic
Added: 3 Nov 2020
Led by GAMBICA, the trade association for the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory i…

Nonscience Returns: You can get away with anything on TV
Added: 2 Nov 2020
Biologist and broadcaster Professor Brian J Ford’s satire on science has just been updated as Nonsc…

Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?
Added: 28 Oct 2020
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operatio…

Lessons learnt from a zero-carbon laboratory
Added: 23 Oct 2020
Mathew Butler reviews the operation of the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Sustainable Chemis…

Making it happen: young people aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow
Added: 23 Oct 2020
Freelance nextgen reporter, Amy Grace, interviews Mhairi McCann; one of the Women in Engineering So…

lab.or.a.tol.o.gy: Stuck in the middle
Added: 23 Oct 2020
In sympathy with all those researchers out there trying to get the tough papers writer, Dr Matthew …

Career chances for technicians shouldn’t be a matter of luck
Added: 20 Oct 2020
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