Our hungry planet: new tools in agrigenomics are key to food security

博客 - Genomic selection has been instrumental in dairy cattle breeding where it has essentially replaced progeny testing, enabling greater and faster improvements in terms of genetic gain

LGC analyst Michael Walker contributes to Food Unwrapped

News (ZH) - Host Matt Tebbutt tackled the subject of meat authenticity in takeaway meals and sought to have samples from 15 dishes tested for species confirmation

Counting down to the SI redefinition: Amperes, amber and EKGs

博客 - In 2019, the ampere – the SI base unit of electric current  – will be undergoing some “electrifying ” changes.

Analysis for Innovators to host roadshows before fourth round opens

News (ZH) - First roadshow will take place on 29 January in Oxford

New training course programme for 2019

News (ZH) - Includes popular courses on Statistics, Method Validation, Measurement Uncertainty

LGC's Government Chemist team responds to the FSA review of food standards delivery

News (ZH) - LGC's Government Chemist team recently responded to the Food Standards Agency review on how food standards work is delivered across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Christmas, candles and the countdown to the SI redefinition

博客 - Perhaps unsurprisingly, the candela was originally based on the light of a candle – but a definition based on something so variable was not good enough for measurement scientists. The candela, or ‘the new candle’, replaced candle-based definitions in 1948. In 1979 the modern definition of the candela was adopted:

LGC reports half year trading in line with expectations

News (ZH) - Update for the half year ended 30 September 2018

LGC acquires M.B.H. Analytical

News (ZH) - Substantially increases the breadth of metal alloy reference materials portfolio

National Measurement Laboratory welcomes new Bioeconomy Strategy

News (ZH) - The strategy is a collective approach to transform the UK economy through bioscience and biotechnology