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ChemLAB programme @ CHEMUK 2021
Added: 2 Sep 2021
Chemical sector laboratory solutions will feature strongly at CHEMUK 2021 at the NEC Birmingham. On…

3 Ingredients for Effective Pharmaceutical Cybersecurity
Added: 26 Aug 2021
The pharmaceutical industry faces growing pressure from cyber threats. Attacks on manufacturers and…

The one hundredth column from a heart-filled nerd
Added: 20 Aug 2021
Never doing anything by halves and much to the relief of friends, family, and this editor, Russ Swa…

The mind-boggling complexity of scientific waste
Added: 30 Jul 2021
Why is scientific waste disposal complicated? Dr Matthew Partridge muses on that gap in student and…

The journey to net zero carbon science
Added: 26 Jul 2021
With a 2050 deadline for all buildings in the UK to be operationally net zero carbon, Tim Fry discu…

Retargeting space: converting offices to labs
Added: 7 Jun 2021
With laboratory space in high demand, Darius Umrigar discusses how commercial space can be quickly …

The value of laboratory scientist degree apprenticeships
Added: 7 Jun 2021
Laboratory Scientist degree apprenticeships offer is a world-class degree to apprentices and active…

The iron is hot for life science recruitment
Added: 21 May 2021
The life science industry has been hard at work throughout the current crisis, demonstrating the ou…

Lab Babble - It’s all just personality testes
Added: 20 May 2021
Go on... you know you want to because, as scientists, it’s a built-in imperative. Just by bringing …

How to keep your research on target
Added: 30 Apr 2021
Is a lack of focus baffling your team? Dr Matthew Partridge recommends setting research goals and s…

COVID lessons to be learned across the cross-channel cultural divide
Added: 29 Apr 2021
Has the cross-channel cultural divide impacted Covid outcomes? Bringing a unique perspective on the…

What should the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency look like?
Added: 15 Apr 2021
Following the announcement of the proposed launch of the new Advanced Research & Invention Agency (…

Scientists urge swift action to prepare for next pandemic: calls for an Advanced Information System
Added: 7 Apr 2021
An international team of researchers led by Wladek Minor, a University of Virginia School of Medici…

Ensuring quality through accreditation in our Lighthouse Labs: IBMS response to BBC Panorama
Added: 31 Mar 2021
Following the BBC Panorama’s undercover investigation into a COVID-19 lighthouse laboratory, the In…

Keeping the Pharmaceutical industry mobile and secure
Added: 22 Mar 2021
There is nothing more heinous than those who take advantage of a national emergency, but it happens…

“Let’s not wait another 100 years to collaborate” appeals President of The Pistoia Alliance
Added: 16 Feb 2021
The breakthroughs in vaccine development that have been achieved in just ten months clearly demonst…

We can be Zero! Time for a strategic change to combat virus variants?
Added: 8 Feb 2021
As we emerge from the devasting second wave of the virus, there is a growing feeling among some vir…

Clarifying VAT on PPE for charities during COVID pandemic
Added: 3 Nov 2020
Led by GAMBICA, the trade association for the instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory i…

Nonscience Returns: You can get away with anything on TV
Added: 2 Nov 2020
Biologist and broadcaster Professor Brian J Ford’s satire on science has just been updated as Nonsc…

Lessons learnt from a zero-carbon laboratory
Added: 23 Oct 2020
Mathew Butler reviews the operation of the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Sustainable Chemis…