News - LGC's Government Chemist team recently responded to the Food Standards Agency review on how food standards work is delivered across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
31 December 2018Blog - Perhaps unsurprisingly, the candela was originally based on the light of a candle – but a definition based on something so variable was not good enough for measurement scientists. The candela, or ‘the new candle’, replaced candle-based definitions in 1948. In 1979 the modern definition of the candela was adopted:
20 December 2018News - Update for the half year ended 30 September 2018
18 December 2018News - Substantially increases the breadth of metal alloy reference materials portfolio
12 December 2018News - The strategy is a collective approach to transform the UK economy through bioscience and biotechnology
07 December 2018News - The Life Sciences sector within the UK continues to develop into a leading global hub.
06 December 2018News - Strengthens LGC’s position across the spectrum of clinical quality control tools market
26 November 2018News - Appointment recognises world-leading expertise in the field of digital PCR for nucleic acid quantification.
26 November 2018Blog - The redefinition of the International System of Units enacted on the 16 November 2018 during the General Conference for Weights and Measures will mean that the SI units will no longer be based on any physical objects, but instead derived through fundamental properties of nature.
20 November 2018News - Changes will come into force on 20 May 2019.
15 November 2018