Like office workers escaping from the perceived confines of cubicles, today’s scientists have been freed from the trappings of the typical lab bench. Advances in technology allowing for increased ...

“I loved research,” says Stephanie A. Burns, 56, chairman and chief executive officer of silicon-based materials maker Dow Corning. “And I think I could have had a very rewarding career had I stayed ...

You know, when it comes to technology reviewers, editors, engineers, R&D, support and related personel there isn't much hardware or software out there that makes our life any easier .. unless you have ...

In its second annual photo contest, C&EN asked scientists to send in photos of beautiful things that showed up on their lab benches. They submitted stunning images of crystals, snapshots of ...

Ask non-scientists to picture a laboratory, and the odds are that they will imagine the kind of space that a contemporary chemist would work in, complete with lab bench, fume cupboard, sink and ...

Does it ever just kill you that someone in a factory somewhere got to have all the fun of assembling your bench tools? There are a lot of questionable circuit boards floating around the Internet, and ...