Blog: Best practices for running an NMR spectroscopy facility (clustermarket.com) NMR spectroscopy is an essential component of chemistry and biochemistry; it’s needed to characterize molecular structures at the atomic level and to determine the phase changes, conformational and configurational alterations, solubility, and diffusion potential of select compounds. …

Blog: Sustainability in research labs (clustermarket.com) With sustainability becoming an increasingly critical issue the efforts to reduce the environmental impact business operations create have escalated, and laboratories are no exception. …

While the exact definition and parameters of the lab of the future haven’t been determined, it is clear that with technology and the wider environment continuing to evolve and innovate at greater speeds, there’s still plenty of scope for improvement in laboratories. …

Mental health problems and illnesses can affect any member of society, and scientists and researchers are no exception. Recent studies show that the rates of depression and anxiety among post-graduate students are up to six times higher than in the general population, according to a 2018 study published in Nature…

While the replication crisis can be a commonly mentioned issue, the background and causes of it may not be clear to all. Originating in the early 2010s, the term replication crisis refers to the fact that findings of many types of scientific research are often difficult or even impossible to…

For busy academic and pharmaceutical research labs, it’s not easy to find time to manage multiple equipment contracts. Despite the importance of these contracts, it’s common that they unknowingly expire. This can cause a problem when maintenance is due on the equipment or if a repair is immediately needed, resulting…

As a data scientist, whenever I built a machine learning model, I thought carefully about reproducibility. Where should I get the data from? Where can I store the proprietary data so that it’s safe, but I’ll be able to pull it again if I need to reproduce my results? How…

Blog: Is it possible for researchers to work remotely? (clustermarket.com) Given recent events, huge swathes of us have suddenly had to start working remotely to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and ease the strain on healthcare systems globally. …

Blog: The replication crisis and how it affects the scientific world (clustermarket.com) While the replication crisis can be a commonly mentioned issue, the background and causes of it may not be clear to all. Originating in the early 2010s, the term replication crisis refers to the fact that findings of…