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Lab Babble: Epochs of contamination
Added: 15 Dec 2025
LLMs and nukes: not so different, says Russ Swan.
Playing in the big league
Added: 15 Dec 2025
Smaller lab equipment suppliers can be overawed by the bid process for public sector contracts. The…
Powering the lab
Added: 8 Dec 2025
When a technology increases in sophistication, automation and ease of use, so can the results. In t…
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…
Ri Christmas Lectures 2025: Universal truths
Added: 4 Dec 2025
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures mark two centuries of breaking barriers between science an…
Breaking down barriers to scientific knowledge
Added: 10 Nov 2025
The journey toward Open Science is complex and varied, but at its core lies a shared vision: making…
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…
Mark of quality
Added: 13 Oct 2025
An important international standard, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 sets clear rules for how testing and calibr…
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.
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…
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…
