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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 …
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…
Securing the base
Added: 27 May 2025
Lack of reliable access and sufficient supply of chemicals can undermine laboratory operations, war…
Critical alternatives
Added: 27 May 2025
As the supply of rare earth elements becomes an increasing geopolitical issue, Akseli Mansikkamäki …
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…
Letters of mark
Added: 24 Feb 2025
Professional registration provides a clear indication of competency and access to valuable resource…
At the heart of things
Added: 20 Jan 2025
London’s role as a lab science location has been limited by shortage of sites but evidence suggests…
Lab Babble: A certain ratio
Added: 18 Nov 2024
And the award goes to... a man. Perhaps we need to look more critically at the gender imbalance amo…
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…
Build the wall!
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Relax, Matthew Partridge hasn’t gone MAGA; his target’s lab chore dodgers.
Get with the program
Added: 28 Oct 2024
Valuable research by non-native English speakers gets missed, suggests Adrian Wallwork, because of …
