TORONTO -- A group of scientists warned Thursday that disposable plastic laboratory equipment -- such as test tubes and pipette tips -- may exude compounds that can interact with solutions or cells ...

Laboratory testing consumables are typically not amenable to substitution and laboratory consumables heavily rely on single-use plastics in their day-to-day operations. Laboratories are subject to ...

SP Industries Inc. has acquired Bel-Art Products, a maker of laboratory products including plastic petri dishes, bottles and other items. Based in Warminster, Pa., SP designs and manufactures ...

Remember at the beginning of the pandemic when all these weird, previously basic seeming products were sold out at the store? Like toilet paper? For many of us, these shortages have gone away. But for ...

In the face of increased demand for COVID-19 testing supplies and events like storms and border closures disrupting the plastic supply chain, research labs across the country are running low on ...

Scientists have opened the UK's first facility that can recycle plastic waste from research labs. Every year researchers use millions of pieces of plastic equipment. To avoid contaminating experiments ...

At the ribbon cutting ceremony are Japan Ambassador to South Africa Norio Maruyama; Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy; Higher Education, Training, and Science and ...

Just weeks after resolving shortages in swabs, researchers are struggling to find the chemicals and plastic pieces they need to carry out coronavirus tests in the lab — leading to long waiting times.

Dr Helen Liang is proud of her 100% recycled petri dish, the first ever made in the UK Scientists have opened the UK's first facility that can recycle plastic waste from research labs. Every year ...