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Sensing what’s right
Added: 25 Aug 2025
Rigorous cleanroom certification requires accurate, real-time data. Microchip technology provided b…
Complexity demands clarity
Added: 25 Aug 2025
Science mustn’t take refuge in obscurity, insists Matthew Partridge.
In the public arena
Added: 4 Aug 2025
Research in the laboratory or out in the field is essential, but communicating with public audience…
Study reveals the eye is the window to the heart
Added: 3 Aug 2025
Routine eye scans could help identify major coronary illness up to a decade early, concludes resear…
The time is now
Added: 29 Jul 2025
It’s no secret that the United States is losing talented scientists but why aren’t the UK and Europ…
Speaking scientific truth to power
Added: 23 Jul 2025
Each year, one early career chemical or process engineer swaps the lab bench for the corridors of W…
Turning to gold
Added: 21 Jul 2025
Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s biennial prize for materials engineering Graham Hutchi…
A biotech boost for Scotland
Added: 21 Jul 2025
Scotland’s first open-access 300-litre fermenter promises to provide a major boost for the country’…
Let Grok take over your life...
Added: 4 Jul 2025
Others may quail at the onward march of AI but, in one respect at least, professor Brian J Ford has…
Rising demand, shrinking footprint
Added: 4 Jul 2025
In a prelude to the Lab Innovations show, Mark Withers considers one of the most pressing issues fo…
3D printing in the lab
Added: 7 Jun 2025
The biomedical sector is emerging as a key arena for 3D printing technologies, enabling researchers…
On point for delivery
Added: 1 Jun 2025
Do microneedles represent the future in the field of drug delivery? Rachel Sully argues for the ben…
Gut reaction
Added: 1 Jun 2025
Public interest in the significance of the microbiome has been increasing but until now testing has…
Securing the base
Added: 27 May 2025
Lack of reliable access and sufficient supply of chemicals can undermine laboratory operations, war…
Critical alternatives
Added: 27 May 2025
As the supply of rare earth elements becomes an increasing geopolitical issue, Akseli Mansikkamäki …
From manual to molecular
Added: 19 May 2025
Covid-19 set the precedent for the ‘molecularisation’ of healthcare, argues Fiona Smith.
Powering the world’s most innovative materials
Added: 19 May 2025
Materials innovation plays a critical role in economic development, explains David Knowles, and dig…
Show Preview: Chemical expansion
Added: 28 Apr 2025
After increasing to add a dedicated chemical lab zone last year, CHEMUK returns with a further addi…
