Although attitudes towards lab safety have grown more positive over the years, some academic researchers still believe that safe lab practices hamper research productivity. The idea is that time spent ...

Science classrooms with scientific equipment and supplies should not be used for non-science courses or activities unless the science materials can be stored in a secured area. Laboratory activities ...

The Environmental Health and Safety department within Purdue Administrative Operations is partnering with the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association in recognizing Lab Safety ...

Following the rapid innovation, creation and distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19, there is no question that the work done in labs is important. Each day, scientists and researchers are making ...

“I have worn a headscarf since I was 9 years old, so it’s effectively part of my body,” says Saba Gheni, a professor of chemical engineering at Tikrit University. Her time spent in laboratories is no ...

The public’s view of the scientific endeavor often conjures up stereotypical imagery: a begoggled and lab-coated researcher sitting in a stark room operating ergonomically designed technology. But as ...

“How did it start?” is among the many questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. Answering it may help prevent future pandemics. The escape of SARS-CoV-2 from a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, ...

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are in important administrative control to prevent injuries from hazardous pieces of equipment and to prevent overexposure to hazardous chemicals in the labs. The ...

Picture a jeweler at work. Magnifier in hand, he examines a stone, studying the way light dances off it. He’s trying to determine whether it’s a diamond or merely cut glass, of engagement-ring quality ...

The deaths of two people following a laboratory explosion at a Chinese university in October have raised alarm among researchers. The full circumstances that led to the deaths at the Nanjing ...