When Florida State University began moving students and faculty out of the historic Dittmer Chemistry Lab building in the ...

"It led to a wild goose chase of trying to figure out where this contamination could possibly have come from." New study ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a hidden source of error in microplastic measurements: the gloves ...

Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and ...

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — State health officials on Friday disclosed an incident at a state lab that revealed cross-contamination of test samples, drawing into scrutiny at least 52 drug cases ...

Microplastics in food can now be detected in hours instead of days, thanks to a new method that improves testing accuracy.

Mycoplasma contamination is prevalent in cell culture labs: in one study, researchers identified mycoplasma contamination in 11% of the 10,000 cell lines they tested (Olarerin-George et al. 2015).

ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office said it appears ...