The laboratories in which today’s students first gain experience with chemistry tend to look quite similar. There’s a table or bench, there’s some glassware, and there’s access to gas and water. Most ...

Fresh garlic extracts contain a variety of healthy organosulfur compounds, among which ajoene forms a major oil-extractable ingredient. Now, chemists have synthesized ajoene from readily available ...

Science classrooms with scientific equipment and supplies should not be used for non-science courses or activities unless the science materials can be stored in a secured area. Laboratory activities ...

When the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile sent students home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fernán Federici needed to find a new way to teach his biochemistry lab course. Using open-source ...

I was fully convinced that I was going to work in the lab from the time that I declared chemistry as my major. However, after spending an entire summer in the lab between my junior and senior year of ...