Lab Operations
The Optimal Fit-Out
February 26, 2013 4:33 pm | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsNew technologies and changing attitudes about effective, efficient research impact the way laboratories are equipped.
Pattern of Flow
February 26, 2013 4:23 pm | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsAs the laboratory construction industry struggles to recover, fume hood manufacturers jockey for better positions and products.
Hot Climate, Cool Laboratory
December 14, 2012 10:45 am | by Todd See, Senior Vice President, WSP Flack+Kurtz, San Francisco | Articles | CommentsChilled beams can provide an energy-efficient laboratory environment even in a tropical paradise.
Sharing space: Proximity breeds collaboration
October 26, 2012 1:47 pm | by Diane Swanbrow | News | CommentsA new University of Michigan study shows that when researchers share a building, and especially a floor, the likelihood of forming new collaborations and obtaining funding increases dramatically. The findings make sense, but the increases were dramatic—researchers who share floors in the same building are more than 50% more likely to form collaborations than those that don’t share the same buidling.
ELGA offers highly configurable pure water solutions
September 18, 2012 6:35 am | Videos | CommentsLaboratory water purification specialists for more than 75 years, ELGA provides complete water purification solutions for new and refurbished laboratories. ELGA has recently released a new set of videos that describe both the company’s expertise in delivering labwater solutions, and the many options for configuring these solutions for the laboratory.
Gases and Gas Handling for the Lab Environment
January 28, 2011 4:51 am | by Stephen Harrison, Global Head of Specialty Gases and Specialty Equipment, Linde Gases, Munich, Germany | Articles | CommentsAs the design and function of industrial laboratories have changed to meet new research and manufacturing demands, the gases and gas technologies used in testing, analysis, and measurement, and the associated gas equipment and supply systems have advanced.
Optimizing Laboratory Fume Hood Selection
March 1, 2010 5:50 am | by Lindsay Hock | White PapersFume hoods have been present within society and science since the 17th century. However, throughout the years fume hoods have changed to accommodate user’s needs and laboratory applications. While the first fume hoods were fixed and far from flexible, with modern and mobility needs, fume hoods have now become flexible in design, more efficient, energy-saving, and also now have many types from benchtop or conventional fume hoods, radioisotope fume hoods, perchloric fume hoods, ductless fume hoods, and more.
Software To the Rescue
December 21, 2009 10:19 am | by Paul Livingstone | Articles | CommentsRunning a lab lean, fast, and green is about more than choosing the right personnel, facilities, and equipment. Increasingly, software can make the key difference.
Making Lemonade from Old Labs
June 9, 2009 9:33 am | Articles | CommentsA modest, basic building once housed an advanced polymer research lab for one of India's biggest companies. After renovations the building remains, but everything else has changed for the better.
Restoring Predictability to the Lab Design Process
July 20, 2006 12:45 pm | Articles | CommentsGaps between the promise and performance of research lab design can be bridged through greater diligence and creativity during the beginning stages.
EMs Drive New Lab Design
May 18, 2006 10:09 am | Articles | CommentsNew measures push TEM boundaries by stabilizing microscope environments.
