HERE in the UK, we have been enduring the annual round of misery known as Budget Day. Along with the inescapable increases in taxes for anybody that drinks, smokes, drives, or for that matter breathes, these austere times also bring…
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Newsletter 16 March 2012: scientific journal favours pseudo-science
YOU don’t have to be psychic to share my delight at the publication of some ‘negative’ scientific results this week in PLoS One, the free-access online journal.There remains a bit of a stigma around so-called negative results, but as my…
Weekly newsletter: blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the micropledge
IN THESE times of austerity, raising funds for scientific research is becoming quite a challenge. The regular channels – public agencies, universities, and private sector sponsors – are all having to trim their spending, and meanwhile the shortage of commercial…
Acronym of the week
WE’RE all used to seeing acronyms and abbreviations used – and sometimes abused – in the names of items of lab equipment and the names of scientific instrument companies. Sometimes these are quite clever, and make us smile. Sometimes they…
A new biomedical picture, every day
WE’VE been watching with interest since the new Biomedical Picture of the Day website went live (in beta testing, strictly speaking) a couple of months ago. Known as BPoD, the site is managed by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC)…
Night flight from orbit: incredible video from the ISS
HANDS up those of you who wanted to be an astronaut, or who still do. Yep, me too. While we wait for our respective national space agencies to finally identify us as the people they really need to send on…
LabHomepage weekly news, 2 March 2012: instruments and alphabet soup
IN THE arms race that defines the chromatography market, each new iteration of instrument technology brings with it the need for new terminology. Back in the dark ages, we may have divided chromatography into simply ‘gas’ and ‘liquid’ methods, but…
LabHomepage weekly news, 24 February 2012
WELCOME to the first weekly newsletter from LabHomepage, the new web resource for everybody involved with laboratory technology and operations. Each edition will bring a summary of the week’s most interesting lab-related news, direct to your inbox. We will report…
Getting in on the ‘what they think’ meme
IN THE last week or so, we’ve seen versions of the latest internet meme all over the place – a panel of images, each labelled with ‘What [somebody] thinks I do’. We haven’t seen any for scientists or lab technicians,…