In 1933, a lab worker trying to clean a beaker found a stubborn green film, and it wasn't just residue: It changed what kitchens and shipping could wrap.

In a 1933 laboratory accident, a peculiar sticky green slime was discovered, which would eventually evolve into Saran Wrap. Initially dismissed for its clumsiness, it soon garnered attention for its ...
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Happy accidents: Glasnost for broken glass

In early March, medicinal chemist Keith Hornberger, writing on X(formerly Twitter), asked for tales of broken laboratory glassware. His son had just broken a beaker in his high school chemistry class.
Purdue University

Beaker explosion in Purdue laboratory causes injury

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University postdoctoral research associate sustained injuries Thursday (Jan. 10) when a beaker containing chemicals that he was working with burst and cut him. Lei ...
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Silk fiber captures a laboratory beaker (IMAGE)

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