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Future Labs Live: Digital drive goes up a gear

Added: 19 Apr 2026

Future Labs Live is a network of events across three continents and Basel is its centrepiece.

Refit and proper

Added: 19 Apr 2026

Conversion is an attractive alternative to new lab builds, says Todd Payne, but coherent design, re…

Moon myths: Artemis in proportion

Added: 16 Apr 2026

Curious how space science is always exaggerated. If there’s a meteor shower due, when you might see…

CHEMUK2026: Chemicals, with a laboratory slant

Added: 13 Apr 2026

CHEMUK’s remit runs wider than the laboratory but includes a specific focus upon it, linking what h…

When plasma leaves the laboratory

Added: 12 Apr 2026

The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environme…

London Lab Live: A capital investment

Added: 6 Apr 2026

Launched last year as part of the Future Labs’ stable, the London show looks here to stay.

Benchmark for success

Added: 6 Apr 2026

The Gatsby Foundation’s benchmarks are helping transform school careers guidance. Good news for STE…

From Injection to Ingestion: can yeast make vaccines more accessible?

Added: 28 Mar 2026

Vilnius University reports how its Life Sciences (VU LSC) Center and the U.S. National Cancer Insti…

Sponsored Feature: Building confidence in every byte: strengthening food safety through advanced laboratory innovation

Added: 23 Mar 2026

Discover how laboratory digitalisation, supported by the use of a LIMS, is contributing to changes …

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…

Digital dilemmas

Added: 16 Feb 2026

Lab 4.0 is double-edged, notes Matthew Partridge.

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…

Lab Babble: From lab rat to lab art

Added: 4 Feb 2026

Russ Swan switches on the creative flow.

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…