I have a soft spot in my heart for the Bunsen burner. Many years ago, I was trying desperately to finish research for my doctoral degree. I spent Christmas vacation in the lab at the university, only ...

Software group Oracle and Junior Achievement Ireland have put together a new programme to help junior cycle students gain insights into varied careers and fields of study in science, technology, ...

Presenter 2: We will be looking at safety in the laboratory. It is important to keep yourself and everyone around you safe and free from injury. Always follow the lab rules.That means understanding ...

Last week, when I wrote about the scientist Tyrone Hayes and the controversy over the herbicide atrazine, I suggested that “the industry has defined the rules of the game so narrowly that only it can ...

As a rule, stories about Bunsen burners probably aren't that entertaining. They are, after all, pieces of lab equipment, which makes them inherently boring to anyone who thinks of labs as ...

In 1993, I pursued a pre-nursing degree at Crafton Hills College and took an introductory course in microbiology with a lab component. Tying back long hair was a standard safety practice in the lab.

Internet search giant Google is marking what would have been the 200th birthday of Robert Bunsen, the scientist who developed the Bunsen burner, with an animated Google Doodle on its homepage. The ...

The distinctive laboratory gas burner used by generations of schoolchildren in science lessons takes centre stage in an animated graphic on Google's home page. It shows a flame changing colour from ...

Ooh, the lab is bursting with piping hot science facts today! Good thing we wore our safety goggles because we’d all be in line for that eye-washing station. You lucky devils get to sit there all safe ...