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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…

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…

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…

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…

3D printing in the lab
Added: 7 Jun 2025
The biomedical sector is emerging as a key arena for 3D printing technologies, enabling researchers…

Fermenting resistance
Added: 24 Mar 2025
A study revealed that cancer cells that developed a high fermentative capacity became resistant and…

Time to launch bureaucracy 4.0
Added: 17 Feb 2025
Laboratories have embraced the digital age. Isn’t it time medical logistics did the same to save re…

Novel interrogation
Added: 17 Feb 2025
Innovative research is essential to the development of new treatments, says Philipp Koellinger, who…

The road to eliminating cervical cancer
Added: 10 Feb 2025
January marked cervical cancer awareness month; it’s a reminder, says Paul Holmes, that more must b…

Coolly compliant
Added: 27 Jan 2025
Upgrading and replacing assets such as refrigeration equipment requires careful attention not only …

Transparency is key to tackling drugs shortages
Added: 11 Nov 2024
However fast labs develop new therapies, the complex route to patients exacerbates shortages that c…

Fulfilling Biopharma’s needs using process Raman Spectroscopy
Added: 12 Oct 2024
Quality control is vital to biopharma workflows, explains Sudhir Dahal. Raman spectroscopy can play…

Faster to market
Added: 10 Jun 2024
AI capable of refining content and analysing data offers incremental gains in life sciences, argues…

Once more, with feeling
Added: 20 May 2024
AI has proven its worth as a research tool and now it’s time to tap its potential for clinical tria…

Faster to market
Added: 14 May 2024
AI capable of refining content and analysing data offers incremental gains in life sciences, argues…

Quantum of challenge
Added: 16 Oct 2023
Its market value will soon be measured in billions, yet quantum computing has yet to reach a market…

New tools for an old enemy
Added: 30 Jul 2023
It’s 30 years since the World Health Organisation identified the resurgence of tuberculosis as a gl…

Stopping the rot
Added: 23 Jul 2023
The global cold chain is functioning but often ineptly, with consequences for food and vaccine supp…

The EU clinical clock is ticking
Added: 9 Jan 2023
With the 31 January 2023 switch to new EU Clinical Trial Regulations fast approaching, Werner Engel…