Corrected: This story misidentifies the alternative name for methanol. The liquid is also called methyl alcohol. The lab demonstration was going smoothly, as it had earlier in the day, until methyl ...

All university stakeholders are encouraged to take actions that will improve our laboratory safety culture. We all play a critical role in creating a safe research and teaching laboratory environment ...

A safe research environment begins with hazard awareness and risk management. Safety training is required for anyone who works in or uses a research lab, instrument development shop, test facility or ...

Over the past century, chemistry has increased our understanding of the physical and biological world as well as our ability to manipulate it. As a result, most of the items we take for granted in ...

Fifteen years ago, a string of high-profile laboratory accidents, including the death of Sheri Sangji, rocked the world of chemistry. The events made Robert H. Hill, one of the authors of Laboratory ...