To protect from lab leaks, we need ‘banal’ safety rules, not anti-terrorism measures By Ruthanne Huising and Susan S. Silbey Reprints ...

The laboratory is a place where ideas are conceptualized and materialized into novel discoveries. As the laboratory houses a vast array of complex equipment and dangerous chemicals, it is imperative ...

It was a common laboratory procedure with an unexpectedreaction: A chemistry experiment at Columbia University ended in an explosion that left a post-doctoral researcher hospitalized with serious b… ...

Safety advisers express concern the federal agency is "losing credibility" on lab safety.

To provide students a hands-on experience with materials, equipment and experimental procedures. To develop the students' ability to work safely in a laboratory environment without risk to themselves ...

Safety Shields It’s difficult to identify the number of science-lab accidents every year, according to Ms. West, the Southwest Texas University researcher.

These rules are designed to limit unnecessary radiation exposures and contamination of the facilities and equipment and to minimize the consequences of a radiation accident if it should occur. Copies ...