Before the avian influenza outbreak killed hundreds of thousands of turkeys in Minnesota, one farm suspected the virus and one university lab confirmed the news. Since that first case four weeks ago, ...

Yet in mining labs around the world, primary sample crushing still comes with a host of headaches: abrasive materials wear down equipment far too early, maintenance shutdowns delay critical analytical ...

After people started testing positive for hepatitis C in a coastal Florida town in December, state officials collected blood from patients, wrapped their specimens in dry ice and mailed them straight ...