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.

Broken glass that is not contaminated with chemicals, infectious agents, or other hazardous materials can be collected in either approved broken glass boxes or 5-gallon buckets with lids. Always pick ...

To overcome the great difficulty experienced by teachers of practical chemistry in Indian colleges in procuring supplies of glassware during the war, Prof. Dunnicliff devised a number of easy methods ...