Health & Wellness

Ensure clean air in the lab with the right fume hood materials, specifications, and usage

Emoji use in Japan is often to soften the impact of negative expressions as well as to express positive feelings

Apple, Uber provide contrasting examples of companies whose rise can be traced to an underdog mentality

Strategies for Safer Labs

Survey indicates that mentoring relationships help buffer the impact

The work time of academics increased from 40 to 51 hours a week during the pandemic

Pneumatic actuators can control fit of prosthetic sockets, reducing pain and skin ulcerations

Higher levels of Zoom fatigue correlated with higher levels of loneliness

Giving and receiving praise in the workplace may be key to managing day-to-day stress and can enhance performance

Invest in a comfortable lab space that promotes worker health and satisfaction

Active listening can improve employees’ senses of personal control over their careers, reduce anxiety about job loss

Hustle is often glorified as the key to success, but new research shows this endless grind can negatively impact both entrepreneurs' health and their businesses

Recent research shows that giving everyone a voice not only benefits those who are marginalized, but also those who help them, and the organization as a whole

The culture should represent what values are most important to the lab

Psychosocial health factors in the workplace have a significant impact on job satisfaction, engagement, and well-being of staff

New centrifuge provides an essential piece of equipment for modern labs and high-throughput users

Ken Mohr and Jinhee Lee of HERA laboratory planners discuss the keys to ergonomically-friendly laboratories in this Q&A with Lab Manager lab design editor MaryBeth DiDonna

Recommended protocol for regular IAQ assessment

Join Lab Manager and our safety expert as we discuss what health and safety leadership really means

Join Lab Manager and our experts as we discuss how to design an ergonomic lab