Analysis for Innovators to host roadshows before fourth round opens

News - First roadshow will take place on 29 January in Oxford

15 January 2019
The NML releases first-ever nanoparticle quality control material for number-based concentration

News - This quality control material is intended primarily to evaluate and qualify methodology and/or instrument performance related to the concentration of nanoparticles based on their number

21 February 2019
Counting down to the SI redefinition: kelvin and degree Celsius

Blog - Each month we are bringing you a blog post featuring one of the units of the SI. This month we are focusing on the kelvin, the SI base unit for thermodynamic temperature.

21 February 2019
Counting down to the SI redefinition: Give us a second!

Blog - Each month we are posting a blog focusing on one of the seven SI base units. This month we are taking a peak at the redefinition of the second.

20 March 2019
Counting down to the SI redefinition: Amperes, amber and EKGs

Blog - In 2019, the ampere – the SI base unit of electric current  – will be undergoing some “electrifying ” changes.

20 January 2019
Some weight off your shoulders: The Kilogram and its SI redefinition

Blog - Since the late 19th century, the kilogram has been defined by the official artefact. However, despite being undeniably valuable, this artefact has been shown to have changed over its century-long life.

08 April 2019
The least stressful option for patients with Parkinson's

Blog - In the absence of a cure for Parkinson’s, patients themselves have identified improved management of stress and anxiety as the second highest priority for unmet research needs to improve their quality of life. Measuring cortisol has been suggested as a potential alternative and objective way to measure stress

11 April 2019
Countdown to the SI redefinition: How long would it take to eat a mole of Easter eggs?

Blog - This month we are focusing on a unit that has particular significance to chemists and therefore, our scientists at the UK National Measurement Laboratory at LGC: the mole, the unit used to measure the (usually very large) number of things, usually atoms or molecules

20 April 2019
Farewell to the kilogram as we know it

Blog - At the National Measurement Laboratory for chemical and biomeasurement, we are celebrating a momentous achievement this World Metrology Day – a day dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of measurement for life as we know it

20 May 2019
What is the microbiome and how can it help?

Blog - LGC’s Denise O’Sullivan, Science Leader in Infectious Diseases within the UK National Measurement Laboratory, recently spoke with Genetic Engineering News on the latest episode of their podcast, GENcast, to discuss the role of the microbiome in human health.

25 June 2019