A chemical reaction caught fire Wednesday during a lab experiment at the University of Maryland, College Park, campus police said.Officials evacuated the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building. The ...

There may soon be a new way to make molecules to form the basis of pharmaceuticals, fuels, materials, agrochemicals and an array of other products in our modern life. Chemists at the Department of ...

An explosion at a west side laboratory in Madison injured one person. The incident involved red phosphorus and was contained by the Madison Fire Department. The building remains closed until cleanup ...