“How did it start?” is among the many questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. Answering it may help prevent future pandemics. The escape of SARS-CoV-2 from a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, ...

The US Office of Research Integrity defines research misconduct as “fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.” But ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put laboratories on edge, even if they’re not testing for the novel coronavirus. And rightfully so: COVID-19 is highly infectious; symptoms are mild — or nonexistent — for ...

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) has traditionally relied on a fixed air changes per hour (ACH) approach to ensure safety in laboratory and research settings. Unfortunately, this method ...

Where danger of spills of radioactive material exists, secondary containers or trays must be used. Containers should be covered whenever possible and only those amounts of radioactive material that is ...

This Safety Plan is an integral part of the management and operations of UB’s Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL), applied to all its services. The two shake tables of ...