Chemists use many strategies so their experiments are as safe as possible. They think about what they can do to keep themselves and the people around them safe and then they do these things. You ...

Corrected: This story misidentifies the alternative name for methanol. The liquid is also called methyl alcohol. The lab demonstration was going smoothly, as it had earlier in the day, until methyl ...

On Tuesday, federal officials posted new rules to protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying. It took mine safety ...