Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

Laboratories are vital hubs of scientific innovation. They’re also significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, through their reliance on single-use plastic consumables among other things.

Universities face a challenge in managing the range of chemicals, gases and lab equipment used in scientific laboratories. These products vary widely in their nature and purpose, from hazardous ...

A small-scale solution to food waste transforms scraps into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer using black soldier flies ...

The Stache Lab at Cornell, led by Prof. Erin Stache, chemistry and chemical biology, has discovered an efficient way to decompose non-biodegradable plastic polystyrene — a material commonly used in ...

Isotek Systems, in partnership with TerraPower Isotopes, co-created by Bill Gates, are “producing cancer treatment material ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Correspondence between Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico regulators shows the lab has failed more than once to accurately label drums of liquid waste shipped to a disposal ...

In the early days of atomic energy, the federal government powered up an experimental reactor in Idaho with an ambitious goal: create a “wonder fuel” for the nation. The reactor was one of the ...

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