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ADME Tox
Greater than 70% of investigational new drugs fail during drug development because of unsatisfactory absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity...
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Asbestos
Asbestos is a ubiquitous construction material with a wide variety of uses including: thermal insulation in buildings, general fire protection and the lining of...
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Automotive Manufacturing
When it comes to surface engineering, competition in the automotive industry is high. From the initial design of components to full-scale manufacturing and inspe...
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Biophysics
Biophysics applies the theory, techniques and intrumentation of the physical sciences to the quantitative understanding of biological structure, systems and func...
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Cast iron nodularity & flake analysis
Cast iron is used widely in the automotive and heavy equipment industries for structural components such as engine, brake, suspension, and steering parts. Cast i...
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Cell Biology Live
In recent years, a variety of new imaging technologies has enabled a huge expansion in live cell imaging capabilities. It is now possible to image dynamic events...
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Cell Culture
With increasing emphasis on live-cell-based assays in the drug discovery environment, there is a growing need for reliable cell culture able to deliver the desir...
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Chemical Biology
Chemical biology integrates the principles of chemistry and chemical synthesis with biology and biosynthesis. It attempts to probe the detailed function of biosy...
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Composites
Comprised of at least two constituent materials of significantly different physical or chemical properties, composites are of two types: matrix and reinforcement...
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Cracks & Failure Analysis
In many industries it is extremely difficult to manufacture products that will be totally immune to cracking and breaking in service, making testing at the point...
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Cytogenetics
Cytogenetics is the study of chromosomes, particularly in relation to diseases caused by chromosome abnormalities. Studies are usually carried out in white blood...
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Cytology
Cytology / cytopathology is the study of cell structure with the aim of diagnosing disease. Cytological screening for disease tends to look for abnormal cells in...
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Electro Physiology
All living cells and tissues have electrical properties resulting from the movement of ions such as K+, Na+, Ca++, K+ and Cl-. These can be studied with the help...
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Embryology/IVF
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a reproductive technology aimed at overcoming infertility. Eggs are removed from the woman, usually after treatment with hormones...
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Envronmental Science
Environmental studies can involve a multitude of disciplines that seek to unravel the consequences of complex interactions between organisms and the physical wor...
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EQA
External quality assurance (EQA) schemes for medical screening programmes aim to ensure consistently high quality diagnoses. EQA is established in cervical cance...
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Fabrics/Textiles
The fabrics and textiles industry is one of the oldest in the world, and with modern innovations and the advent of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) offering light...
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Food Science
Food Science involves the combined disciplines of agricultural science, technology and engineering, biology, physics, chemistry and behavioural sciences to study...
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Forensic Science
Forensic science uses multidisciplinary investigations to establish the facts in civil or criminal law cases. It involves the examination of the crime scene for...
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Formulation Science
The formulation of a drug compound, i.e. the way in which is it combined with excipients (such as: binders, diluents, solubilizers and disintegrants) in, for exa...
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Genetics
Genetics is the science of heredity and variation in organisms. Genetic information is packaged in chromosomes and encoded in the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucl...
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Genitourinary
The genito-urinary field is wide ranging and includes the study of the organs of the reproductive and urinary systems in health and disease. Genitourinary medici...
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Grain sizing
Correct grain size is crucial to material microstructure and in obtaining correct physical and mechanical characteristics for a wide range of materials such as m...
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Gross Observations
The ability to see microscopic detail in living organisms and everyday objects is fascinating for all ages and can be inspirational - attracting many students to...
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Haematology
Haematology is the study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood disease. Blood is composed of three principal cell types: red blood cells or erthyrocytes (cont...
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Histology
Histology is the study of tissue morphology using light or electron microscopy. Tissue samples are generally obtained through surgery, biopsy or post mortem.
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Immunology
Immunology covers the examination of cells, tissues and organs of the immune system as well as the study of failures in immune function. Important areas of study...
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Lab-on-a-Chip
Lab-on-a-chip technology integrates biological and / or chemical analysis with silicon chip technologies to create miniature, automated laboratory processing cap...
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Liquid Crystal Displays
With the slim design and small footprint, flat panel liquid crystal displays are fast-becoming the format of choice for televisions and monitors on computer work...
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Marine Biology
Research in marine biology covers scientific study of plants and animals inhabiting the world's oceans. These are classified on the basis of their environment ra...
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Medical Devices
With medical devices, failure is not an option. Reproducible examination and measurement of key components and specified tolerances play a key role in ensuring t...
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MEMS
In today's world increasingly miniaturised electronic products, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) sets the standards...
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Metal Manufacturing
Quality control is paramount in the metal manufacturing industry as lapses in quality can lead to serious performance and safety impairments. Quality control mea...
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Metallurgy
From extraction to production, metallurgy and metallography are used to examine the microscopic mechanisms that affect the behaviour of metals, their composites...
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Microbiology
Microbiology is the study of micro-organisms. These include bacteria, yeasts, simple fungi, algae, protozoans and viruses. Micro-organisms can infect living tiss...
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Microelectronics
Smaller, cheaper, faster - these are the ever-present concerns of microelectronic device manufacturers. In this industry, each new generation of products must ou...
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Molecular Pathology
Traditional pathology concentrates on the morphological manifestations of disease. Molecular pathology, in addition, integrates tools of molecular biology to: is...
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Neurobiology
Neurobiology is the study of cells of the nervous system (principally neurons and glial cells) and the organization of these cells into functional circuits able...
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Observation of Prepared Slide
Commercially available prepared microscope slides are often used in schools and colleges to introduce students to microscopy and the skills of slide interpretati...
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Optoelectronics
From fibre-optic communications and wireless networks, to optical storage devices and advanced medical equipment, optoelectronics are becoming an increasingly vi...
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Palaeontology
Paleontology is the study of ancient life forms and their evolution using fossils - the preserved and petrified remains of life forms within sedimentary rocks. T...
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Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and, in particular, the structural and functional changes that take place in cells and tissues during disease. Knowledge of the...
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Plant Science
Plant science, or botany, studies the structure, reproduction, growth, metabolism and diseases of plants. It has relevance to a wide range of related disciplines...
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Plastic Manufacturing
Quality control in plastics manufacturing presents a real challenge as out-of-specification components represent a financial burden to the manufacturer, not only...
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Regenerative Studies
The goal of regenerative research is to develop the means to restore function in damaged tissues and organs for example, in accidental injury such as burns, woun...
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Rocks/Minerals
The analysis of rock and minerals is important both academically, for geological and earth sciences, and industrially, in oil and mineral-related industries. Aca...
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Surface Analysis
Surface analysis, or surface metrology, is a vast field covering the analysis of textures and the measurement of features such as the waviness, roughness, and ro...
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Target Identification
Unraveling the complex relationship between genotype, expression, protein function and disease is the basis for identifying new drug targets in drug discovery. A...
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Veterinary
Veterinary medicine uses diagnostic techniques that are similar to those used for human medicine. Diagnosis is, however, made even more challenging by species di...
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Virtual Slide
A 'virtual' or digital slide provides a new way of viewing and sharing microscopy specimens. This technology has enormous benefits in education where every stude...
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Wafers
At the heart of almost every electronic product are wafers, thin slices of semiconductor materials on which microcircuits are constructed through the diffusion a...
