When a fire broke out in a Fairfax County high school chemistry laboratory two weeks ago, it was the latest in a string of incidents in which well-intentioned instructional demonstrations ...

Today’s chemistry is a wet business, mostly done by mixing compounds in liquid solvents. But a push towards using dry powders instead is proving surprisingly effective ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Thinking about a chemistry lab usually evokes visions of beakers bubbling with solutions, Bunsen burners, perhaps a giant periodic table taped to the wall. But this is ...