A chemical reaction caught fire Wednesday during a lab experiment at the University of Maryland, College Park, campus police said.Officials evacuated the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building. The ...

A team of researchers has created a machine-learning tool to analyze failed chemical reactions. The system is designed to sift through misfires in researchers’ lab notebooks in search of insights that ...

There may soon be a new way to make molecules to form the basis of pharmaceuticals, fuels, materials, agrochemicals and an array of other products in our modern life. Chemists at the Department of ...

An explosion at a west side laboratory in Madison injured one person. The incident involved red phosphorus and was contained by the Madison Fire Department. The building remains closed until cleanup ...

Re Judith Giordan’s remarks on trusting science in C&EN’s April 1, 2024, issue (page 33): A lot of trust derives from communicating in a manner that renders the subject understandable in the context ...

Implementing a near-miss program in academia (C&EN, May 2, 2022, page 17) is indeed an essential part of an overall effective safety program. The development of near-miss reporting tools such as SCAN ...