TORONTO -- A group of scientists warned Thursday that disposable plastic laboratory equipment -- such as test tubes and pipette tips -- may exude compounds that can interact with solutions or cells ...

Using plastic lab equipment can skew or ruin the results of medical experiments, a new study finds. Researchers identified two classes of chemical compounds in commonly-used plastic lab ware that ...

Every year researchers use millions of pieces of plastic equipment. To avoid contaminating experiments, they are used once and then discarded. A new start-up company, founded by a graduate from the ...

Scientists have opened the UK's first facility that can recycle plastic waste from research labs. Every year researchers use millions of pieces of plastic equipment. To avoid contaminating experiments ...