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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…
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.
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…
Turning to gold
Added: 21 Jul 2025
Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s biennial prize for materials engineering Graham Hutchi…
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…
Securing the base
Added: 27 May 2025
Lack of reliable access and sufficient supply of chemicals can undermine laboratory operations, war…
Show Preview: Chemical expansion
Added: 28 Apr 2025
After increasing to add a dedicated chemical lab zone last year, CHEMUK returns with a further addi…
Chemical expansion
Added: 7 Apr 2025
After increasing to add a dedicated chemical lab zone last year, CHEMUK returns with a further addi…
Green chemistry: The path to sustainable reagents in laboratories
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Green chemistry is revolutionising the way we approach sustainability in science. Rachel Sully expl…
Fermenting resistance
Added: 24 Mar 2025
A study revealed that cancer cells that developed a high fermentative capacity became resistant and…
Spelling it out
Added: 24 Mar 2025
For professionals, the rules for furnishing safe and efficient lab spaces may be second knowledge b…
Breaking the code
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Lab notebooks with cryptic code go back a long way, says Matthew Partridge.
A shared responsibility
Added: 17 Mar 2025
As World Health Organisation funding comes under threat, Hogan Bassey offers a reminder of how coor…
Design for lab-ing
Added: 10 Mar 2025
Product and marketing manager at leading lab furniture and equipment designer and manufacturer Tekn…
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…
