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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…
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…
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…
Sounding cocci-ed
Added: 11 Jan 2026
Broadcasters have a duty to promote science but when they do, it helps to get the details right, ca…
Stars present and future
Added: 5 Jan 2026
Another strong showing across the board in a hard-fought contest for the Lab Awards 2025.
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…
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…
