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Collaborative science in the spotlight
Added: 26 Oct 2025
As the NEC Birmingham prepares for this year’s Lab Innovations show from 29-30 October, the event’s…
Game Theory: Savanna
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Ecosystem’s latest iteration is Savanna, say Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner.
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Protein integrity in the cause of science
Added: 20 Oct 2025
The IMPALA-NET network is developing a polymer-lipid particle technique to preserve the lipid envir…
Mark of quality
Added: 13 Oct 2025
An important international standard, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 sets clear rules for how testing and calibr…
Broadening the baseline
Added: 13 Oct 2025
As the technology underpinning genome studies continues to improve, an over-reliance on Eurocentric…
Doctoring priorities
Added: 6 Oct 2025
The medical profession is a key laboratory client. So, it pays to understand the strategic prioriti…
Putting knowledge before prestige
Added: 6 Oct 2025
Our reliance upon the impact factor is destroying public trust in science, argues Damian Pattinson.
Saving lives, protecting livelihoods
Added: 29 Sep 2025
Zoonotic disease Nipah virus (NiV) killed more than 100 people in a 1999 Malaysian outbreak. Simon …
Front line safeguards
Added: 15 Sep 2025
Effective monitoring is essential for sample storage and never more so than in the race to halt a p…
Lab Babble: Turning basic science into TV gold
Added: 1 Sep 2025
Move over Mary Berry, writes Russ Swan.
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…
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…
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’…
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…
