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Creating places for people to drive life science
Added: 24 Jul 2022
While technology and collaboration has made it possible for many to consider giving up their commut…
eDNA and metabarcoding for monitoring biodiversity
Added: 18 Jul 2022
As the impact of anthropogenic change on environmental biodiversity becomes an increasingly pressin…
Turning drought into opportunity
Added: 30 Jun 2022
Mineral physics can help provide a solution to water shortage and its applications may not be limit…
How food microbiology contract labs can drive sustainable impact
Added: 19 Jun 2022
Safe and trusted food is essential for the food industry to prosper — especially in today’s landsca…
Five-letter words for research: ‘trial’ and ‘error’
Added: 31 May 2022
You now have six attempts to guess the craze that has hooked Dr Matthew Partridge as he envisages a…
Industry 4.0 for UK chem labs
Added: 10 May 2022
In advance of her talk as part of the Lab News hosted session at CHEMUK 2022, Iwona Kandpal looks a…
When more knowledge does not equal more complexity
Added: 9 May 2022
In a world saturated with information, Dr Diane Turner discusses how more in-depth learning about a…
A researcher’s guide to intermittent research
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Under the continued cosh of COVID, Dr Matthew Partridge considers the impact of constant interrupti…
It’s cool here in the future!
Added: 29 Mar 2022
Finding an excuse to watch Star Trek and call it research, Russ Swan compares science fiction with …
Creating trans-inclusive workplaces
Added: 10 Mar 2022
Adjustments for inclusion are a moral and practical imperative. Amy Grace explains how to ensure yo…
Changing the status quo on diversity in STEM
Added: 3 Mar 2022
There is still much work to be done, but Jess Lee hopes that in the coming year, dedicated efforts …
The technologies keeping 1.5 degrees in reach
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Following COP26, the pressure is on to reach the 1.5 degree warming target limit set out in the Par…
Award winner: Partnership and sustainability win emerging technology award
Added: 16 Feb 2022
As we begin to look forward to the inaugural Lab South spin out event, Lab Innovation’s ‘Most impac…
Applying digital technology and AI to compound management
Added: 9 Feb 2022
Sample management has changed enormously over the past 20 years. Steve Knight discusses the technol…
Understanding the true scale of your carbon liability
Added: 25 Jan 2022
Laboratory-based process loads impact operational energy use. Debbie Hobbs discusses the shift towa…
Net zero rubber duck debugging
Added: 3 Jan 2022
Despite a total lack of green fingers, Dr Matthew Partridge argues that a plant is an essential res…
Climate change knowledge cooperative provides simplified research summaries
Added: 23 Dec 2021
The Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative provides easy to understand research summaries to help eve…
The QC lab – Connecting the digital landscape
Added: 20 Dec 2021
There is an almost universal need to combat the growing complexity of disjointed quality control ec…
Laboratories: sustainable design and operation
Added: 17 Dec 2021
Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Dr Manisha Kulkarni discusses why laboratory environme…
Rule Zero: Is this meeting really necessary?
Added: 16 Dec 2021
As the #greatresignation sweeps organisations into a new reality across the nation, Russ Swan discu…
