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LLNL’s New Digital Backbone Positions National Security Lab for the AI Era
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's new Digital Infrastructure Capability Expansion facility delivers the resilient, scalable communications backbone needed to support AI, exascale computing, and the National Nuclear Security Administration's long-term infrastructure modernization strategy
AI, Automation, and the Value of Industry Connections: On the Floor at the Lab Design Conference
Drawing on 18 years of attending the Lab Design Conference, Hanbury’s Regal Leftwich shares insights on emerging design trends, the growing impact of automation and AI, and the value of learning from the broader laboratory community
What Robotics-Driven Research Means for Future Laboratory Spaces
Autonomous labs are moving research beyond traditional workflows, requiring new approaches to flexibility, infrastructure, and collaboration. Learn how robotics, AI, and automation are influencing the design of next-generation laboratory environments
What the Life Sciences Market Means for Your Next Lab
In a rapidly evolving life sciences market, designing for change may be the most important investment a lab owner can make
Key Design Considerations for Cleanroom/Dryroom Facilities
The rapid growth of AI, data centers, and advanced manufacturing is driving increased demand for cleanrooms and dryrooms designed to provide strict humidity, contamination, and temperature control for sensitive products, research, and manufacturing processes
Professional Profile: Ivan Ross
Ivan Ross of HERA Laboratory Planners discusses his path into laboratory architecture, emphasizing the role of user-centered design, adaptability, and emerging technologies like AI in shaping efficient, future-ready lab environments
Where AI Meets Agriculture: Inside Syngenta’s Next-Gen Research Center
Syngenta’s BioSTaR facility is an AI-enabled agricultural bioscience research center designed to bring 300 scientists together in highly flexible, future-ready lab environments that integrate automation, digital infrastructure, and interdisciplinary collaboration to accelerate sustainable crop innovation
How AI Is Reshaping Lab Design
AI is reshaping lab design and operations by changing how space is used, how infrastructure is prioritized, and how workflows are structured—driving a shift toward more flexible, data-driven, and automation-ready environments that can evolve alongside science and technology
Life Science Center Vienna: A Convergence Hub for AI and Biomedical Research
The €170-million Life Science Center Vienna will create a research hub near the Vienna BioCenter that integrates wet-lab life sciences and AI computing infrastructure to strengthen Vienna’s growing ecosystem for data-driven biomedical research
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Chen Qin
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference, DLR Group’s Chen Qin will co-lead an interactive roundtable focused on how strategic material selection and chemical transparency can improve occupant health and environmental sustainability in laboratory design