If you’ve ever had to troubleshoot lab equipment—particularly anything to do with lasers, but other standard equipment as well—you may already have run across Sam Goldwasser’s pages.  The pages contain hundreds (if not thousands) of tips, tricks, and schematics for investigating problems associated with all sorts of equipment.  The entry on ultrasonic cleaners is a great Read More

Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other similar painful conditions.  Aceclofenac is an NSAID that’s been shown to help alleviate minor and moderate pain, but it’s got one problem: it only hangs around in the body for a few hours.  That means frequent doses.  To alleviate the problem, researchers at Read More

This Hazard Communication Manual from the US Plant, Soil, & Nutrition Laboratory provides safety information that will be useful for employees working in their labs, fields, mechanical shops, greenhouses, and offices.  The manual covers various aspects of safety including communication protocols, emergency plans for response and evacuation, equipment that should be used in an emergency, Read More

When you consider weighing objects at precision levels of one-tenth of a micro-gram, that’s 0.0000001 grams, this article from ORNL’s Metrology Lab is a worthy read. The article explains the steps the lab took to achieve accreditation for mass weighing.  This accreditation is important especially when you want highly accurate measurements.  Researchers depend on these Read More

Here is another extensive safety manual for the laboratory.  It covers safe work practices for the use of a variety of equipment that is typically to be found in any lab.  This includes laboratory refrigerators, laboratory freezers, ultrasonic cleaners, and other equipment.  Safety hazards related to each equipment is discussed with guidelines on how to use Read More