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When plasma leaves the laboratory

April 13, 2026
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The orbital laboratory is evolving into something more ambitious, a controlled industrial environment for producing next-generation materials, explains Ed Smith and Andrew Griffiths. For decades, crystalline research in space has been an invaluable...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Policy
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Green chemistry: The path to sustainable reagents in laboratories

March 31, 2025
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Green chemistry is revolutionising the way we approach sustainability in science. Rachel Sully explores its 12 guiding principles – from waste prevention to energy efficiency – and gives tips on...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Health & Safety, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Stand by for the big freeze

October 26, 2024
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Crisp white snow, glaciers all around, icicles melting in the summer sun – it’s July in Britain 50 years from now, writes Professor Brian J Ford.
Earth & Environmental
Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Oceanography, Policy
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Combatting microplastics with microscopy

September 29, 2024
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Microscopy techniques are used to identify and characterise microplastics, but each has limitations, especially with small particles. Emerging methods such as holographic imaging and fluorescent dyes show promise, yet further...
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Materials
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A matter of scale

July 22, 2024
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Funding support and infrastructure are needed to bring bio-based products and processes to market and meet net zero targets, urges Lynsey Dunbar. Otherwise, start-ups will be looking elsewhere.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Health & Safety, Policy
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Keep it clean

February 5, 2024
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Chemical disinfectants are hazardous to lab staff, and if discharged into the wastewater, pose a health risk to wildlife, ecosystems and the general public. Paul Birchmore makes the case for...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Health & Safety, Policy
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Lab Babble: Swan’s Goosey gander

November 20, 2023
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Success is never guaranteed, we need to reward doggedness and chance, Russ Swan reminds us.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Pharmaceutical
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Walking the talk

October 30, 2023
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It’s easy to sign up to greener practice in principle but how do life sciences firms prove they deliver? Jeffrey Whitford, Vice President of Sustainability & Social Business Innovation at...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Environment, Environmental, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical
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The root of it

October 2, 2023
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Seaweed is an intrinsic part of our existence on this planet and it could just be the very thing that saves it too, argues Vincent Doumeizel. That’s why our perceptions...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food Science, Medical/Health
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Lowering the barriers to nitrate analysis

January 9, 2023
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Nitrogen pollution receives less environmental attention than it has merited, says Calum Preece, but smaller labs are now able to play their part.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Analytical Chemistry, Biotech, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry
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