Laboratory News News

In the first of three features looking ahead to Lab Innovations, Michelle Locke and Ricky Williams, of regular attendees Teknomek, share their views on the value of the show… “For Teknomek, Lab Innovations provides a unique opportunity for us to come together with organisations from across the sector to connect, collaborate and learn from one […]

Chemists at the University of Bath have identified how small changes to the structure of azulene-based fluorescent probes can alter their colour and brightness, providing a blueprint for developing improved tools for biological imaging and chemical sensing. Published in Organic Chemistry Frontiers, the research examines derivatives of azulene, a blue compound found in nature inc...

Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a 3D printing method for manufacturing rubber gloves that could enable more flexible production, reduce material waste and support more geographically distributed manufacturing. The 3D-PEP process, developed with industry partner Meditech, uses natural rubber latex sprayed onto a mould, while heating the glove from both sides to...

Researchers at the Saudi King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have sent two biomedical experiments to the International Space Station (ISS), where brain cells and organoids will be studied in microgravity ahead of planned investigations into neurodegenerative diseases. The experiments, SSA-1 and SSA-2, travelled aboard the SpaceX CR35 mission. They aim to e...

Group chairman and CEO of precision instruments manufacturer HORIBA, Atsushi Horiba has been named an honorary fellow of University College London (UCL). The award is in recognition of contributions made through the partnership between his firm and the university toward “the realisation of a sustainable society, including decarbonization”. It was conferred at the UCL Fellowship […]