Science, as Vannevar Bush wrote, is an endless frontier. Bush, the founder of Raytheon and Director of the Office of Science and Development at its inception in 1941, pushed the US government to invest heavily in research – leading to a renaissance of advancement in science and technology. Unfortunately, as more and more businesses have realised, the resources to explore that frontier are not endless. Experts at Avantor analyse how to help labs operate at peak efficiency to foster innovation.