After many decades of salmon farming, recent years have seen an increasing interest in studies into fish welfare. In particular, the fish farming sector is looking for better approaches to delousing. Researchers have now developed an electronic “sensor” fish that can be used to measure the external factors that affect fish during processes such as delousing.

Specialist for sample preparation for microbiological analyses, Seward, has launched the first paddle blender bag that can also be autoclaved. By avoiding the need for double-bagging, trials have shown that the new bags can reduce the amount of plastic waste by 50 percent, as well as saving time and cost.

Tecan's Fluent Automation Workstation has been upgraded. The new Fluent Control Scheduler offers a number of features designed to simplify day-to-day laboratory automation for significantly increased throughput and workflow efficiency.

The new rack thawing station SPL Guard Florida is the fastest rack thawing solution on the market, SPL Guard states.

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has announced the development of a stable performance electrospun nanofiber membrane to turn seawater into drinking water by membrane distillation process.

The world’s first toxicology testing strategy without animal testing has been approved by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The testing strategy consists of three so-called alternative methods.

Chemsec, in collaboration with Apple and other corporate members in the NGO's Business Group, has developed a step-by-step approach to help companies advance chemical safety within their products and supply chains.

The Digital Transformation of the Laboratory comes with device connectivity. As currently most laboratory devices communicate over a proprietary interface, this requires knowing the exact configuration of the counterpart device. The intrinsic wish for a plug and play communication to enable data transfer and control functions is hardly achievable and the need for a standardized communication interface arises.

Deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV-LEDs) made from aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) efficiently transfer electrical energy to optical energy due to the growth of one of its bottom layers in a step-like fashion. This finding, published in the journal Applied Physics Letters, can lead to the development of even more efficient LEDs.

A new device developed by New Zealand's University of Otago and UK researchers is set to help fight the global obesity epidemic. Participants in a Dunedin-based trial lost an average of 6.36 kg in two weeks and were motivated to continue with their weight loss journey.