Every year, millions of animals are used in laboratories, and for many people, the image is immediate and uncomfortable: ...
Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.
A carbon fiber composite that can seal its own cracks and restore structural strength more than 1,000 times in a row has been ...
Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, or CLIA, are a high bar as set by the US Government under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment 42 CFR 493.1253 to obtain and maintain quality ...
AWPA Standard, E10, Standard Method of Testing Wood Preservatives by Laboratory Soil-Block Cultures. Also, ASTM D1413 and WDMA TM-1. The soil block decay test is a highly standardized means for ...
Evaluation and medical management of poisoning is often aided by laboratory tests. These range from basic analyses used ...