Elisabeth Jeffries

  • Rigaku’s Rapid
    Review

    X marks the structure

    2014-10-31T00:00:00

    Elisabeth Jeffries discovers there’s a diffractometer for everything from crystals to proteins

  • stirrer
    Review

    Get prepped

    2014-08-29T00:00:00

    What should you look for in those lab workhorses: balances, stirrer plates and mills? Elisabeth Jeffries surveys the scene

  • PerkinElmer Flexar PDA Plus detector
    Review

    Super separators

    2014-03-31T00:00:00

    HPLC is used in many labs across the world to separate mixtures – but how do you separate different instruments? Elisabeth Jeffries reports

  • NMR sample changer
    Review

    Spinning into focus

    2014-01-09T00:00:00

    Big and powerful or small and portable? NMR spectrometers now come in a range of sizes, as Elisabeth Jeffries discovers

  • plane crop spraying
    Feature

    Farming tomorrow

    2013-11-26T00:00:00

    Technology is helping farmers better control the use of fertilisers and pesticides, as Elisabeth Jeffries reports

  • scanning electron microscope
    Review

    A close look at microscopy

    2013-11-05T00:00:00

    Elisabeth Jeffries zooms in on scanning probe microscopy and other techniques

  • Agilent 7890A
    Review

    The ABC of GCs

    2013-07-29T00:00:00

    How do you decide what gas chromatograph is right for your lab? Elisabeth Jeffries looks at what’s on the market

  • sample vials
    Review

    Spectrometry for the masses

    2013-07-24T00:00:00

    Mass spectrometers are speeding up and shrinking. Elisabeth Jeffries looks at what’s on the market

  • Feature

    Cutting power

    2012-04-29T00:00:00

    Looking at how the chemical industry is reducing its energy consumption

  • Feature

    Innovation ticks the boxes

    2011-07-29T09:07:09

    The UK's Technology and Innovation Centres will provide research services to bridge the gap between industry and academia. Elisabeth Jeffries reports

  • News

    Bio battery based on cellular power plant

    2010-08-27T08:55:00

    Mitochondria have been harnessed in a new biological battery device that could one day power small portable devices like mobile phones

  • Feature

    Pill-popping pets

    2009-07-28T17:14:46

    Over the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of drugs prescribed to pets. What are the factors behind this trend, asks Elisabeth Jeffries

  • Feature

    Monsters from the deep preserved

    2009-05-29T18:05:25

    Finding and then raising historic ships wrecked centuries ago is challenging business - but it's just the first part of the rescue process, says Elisabeth Jeffries

  • Feature

    See the wood for the fuel

    2008-05-28T11:37:58

    Countries are turning to their commercial forests as a source of non-agricultural biofuels. Elisabeth Jeffries reports