By providing guidance, suggestions, and recommendations specific to laboratory safety here, our goal is to help like-minded managers strengthen the safety culture in their labs.

Recent statistics have shown that chemical spills and fires are two of the most common accidents occurring in labs.

The University of Delaware's R/V Hugh R. Sharp does science on a small ship that acts like a big ship.

Comparing test results from various sites will be useless if benchmark samples used to compare laboratory results cannot be duplicated from lab to lab

Linda offers up a few time-tested practices for making the most of your time:

Successful lab meetings are a collaborative process that can be continually improved upon

The growing market for handheld raman analyzers features plenty of innovation

In silico approaches streamline drug discovery

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, PhD, is an associate professor of chemical engineering at Rowan
University

Kate Luby-Phelps, PhD, is the director of the Live Cell Imaging Facility at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center

Trace evidence from gunshots, hair, and more helps zero in on fine details

Extracellular vesicles carry vast potential for basic and applied research

How to get repeatable viscosity measurements

The fume hood is an important safety staple in chemistry classrooms and research labs.

Find out some of the most exciting ion chromatography applications, as reported by users, and more

Learn which applications are most common and more from our latest PCR survey results

Find out respondents' purchasing plans, and more from our latest survey results

Find out which types of mills and grinders are most popular among respondents, and more

Carrier gases often affect the efficiency of a separation

Stay safe when managing your cold storage samples

Not knowing your way around ergonomics can be a real pain in the neck!

Problem: Many laboratories need to upscale their workflows but find that laboratory automation is a costly and difficult option.

Problem: Reliably quantifying proteins in western blot analyses can be challenging even for
seasoned researchers.