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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…

Study reveals the eye is the window to the heart

Added: 3 Aug 2025

Routine eye scans could help identify major coronary illness up to a decade early, concludes resear…

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…

Turning to gold

Added: 21 Jul 2025

Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s biennial prize for materials engineering Graham Hutchi…

3D printing in the lab

Added: 7 Jun 2025

The biomedical sector is emerging as a key arena for 3D printing technologies, enabling researchers…

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…

Gut reaction

Added: 1 Jun 2025

Public interest in the significance of the microbiome has been increasing but until now testing has…

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…

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…

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…

Banking on precision

Added: 3 Mar 2025

Despite limits in size and investment, biobanks such as Estonia’s are providing deeper understandin…

Virtual reality, actual implications

Added: 24 Feb 2025

Digitalisation is transforming the nature of healthcare by sidestepping previous physical constrain…

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…