Once considered superfluous, social media has now become a vital tool for scientific information sharing, knowledge building, and networking.

Gas chromatography (GC) was at one time commonly called “GLC,” where the “L” stands for liquid. Inside GC columns are particles of a ceramic or inert material coated with an extremely viscous liquid stationary phase that interacts with the analyte.

Water baths are used in industrial and clinical laboratories, academic facilities, government research laboratories, environmental applications, as well as food technology and wastewater plants. Chillers, on the other hand, are refrigerators that cool down samples or processes to preset temperatures.

The 16-session manager training program was phenomenally successful. Ninety percent of the attendees were offered promotions within a year of their graduation. Why was the program so successful?

The only good way to prepare for an emergency situation is to think through how you should respond and then practice doing it correctly.

Classroom training sandwiced between pre- and post-course online activities delivers strong results.

The pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries are experiencing watershed changes that are directly driving the need to increase research efficiency while minimizing costs.

Problem: The use of laboratory automation increases productivity and precision, making it attractive for use in the pharmaceutical industry.

Chemical procedures commonly require the introduction of heat. This is typically in the form of a hot plate or open flame. While the best place to perform these types of chemical procedures is inside a chemical fume hood, most people are unaware of heat’s effect on the airflow through the fume hood, and the potential impact on containment.

Cleaning and rinsing lab and process carboys and containers by hand inevitably leads to problems with cross-contamination.

Sarah Haviland, lab manager and graduate student in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the Medical University of South Carolina, shares her experiences with contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, Ph.D., on choosing and installing a new point-of-use water purification system.