The world of lab consumable sales is a competitive battle field of cut throat companies all fighting over a handful of confused researchers. Each company looking for a weapon in their arsenal to give them an edge. Much like that metaphor those poor researchers end up feeling stretched and confused. Read more…
In previous years I’ve always started the year with an article on how to keep your research resolutions or what resolutions to make. But I always feel like that is reaching out to a niche section of my audience and doesn’t speak to the majority of us that understand that Read more…
It’s almost the end of the summery holidays and even as I type this researchers everywhere are frantically trying to complete they real work before their supervisors return and instantly break everything shortly after saying “Oh, that looks interesting”. The summer holiday period is always tricky for researchers because it Read more…
Cats are the best pet. Now I understand that there are a great number of people that prefer dogs, some rabbits and small fluffy things. But based on the vital metric of “cute videos online” it is very clear that cats have won the war of pets and stand (well Read more…
These are volatile times. In politics, financially, and even literally, if you work for a company that makes self-destructing clocks. And with volatility comes all the normal uncertainty about jobs, housing and even if the company you work for will be the same one when you come into work in Read more…
When I started at Cranfield Univeristy I had a brilliant idea. I wanted to look at my nice glass slides on the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). I’d put some interesting chemicals on the glass and I was quite keen to see what they actually looked like. Besides, pretty pictures are Read more…
I live in the UK and right now, we are in the midst of a mini heatwave. We only ever have ‘mini’ heatwaves as not even the blazing hot summer sun can hold back the grey clouds for long. But my brain has a very clear threshold for work – Read more…