A laboratory (often abbreviated as lab) is a place where scientific research, measurement and experiments are conducted under controlled conditions. A typical lab can hold space for one to thirty, or more, researchers depending on the size of the room and state mandated maximum occupancy limit.
All laboratories share some common features, mainly laboratory equipment and laboratory glassware: Usually, they have at least one fume hood. Toxic and hazardous chemicals can be safely handled in a fume hood. This reduces, and usually eliminates, the risk of inhalation of toxic gases produced by the reaction of chemicals. Laboratories usually have a sink for handwashing. A fire extinguisher is located in a laboratory, as well as a fire blanket, to help exterminate fire in the event of an accident. There is also an eye wash station and an overhead shower in the event that chemicals gain access onto clothes, skin, or eyes. The exceptions to this would include certain engineering and physics laboratories, which usually do not include glassware, hoods, and toxic chemicals.
Supporting the laboratory is usually a stock room, or preparation room, where dry and wet chemicals are stored. This stockroom prepares all the reagents (acids, bases, buffers) of various quantities and concentrations, as well as orders and distributes supplies (glassware, chemicals, personal protective equipment) to the laboratory. In an engineering or physics laboratory, the stock room or preparation rooms are generally used for storing of equipment and repair facilities.
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Alfvén Laboratory - Researching electromagnetic theory and applications, including fusion, space and basic plasma physics experiments. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Meta Description: [ Alfvén Laboratory, Stockholm. Research and educational activities focused on laboratory, space, and fusion plasma physics as well as on electron physics and accelerator technology. ]
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Auburn University Plasma Physics - Plasma physics home page at Auburn University with links to Space Plasma Laboratory, Fusion Research laboratory, and Plasma Sciences Laboratory.
Meta Description: [ Laboratory Space Plasma Studies page for the Space Plasma Physics Dept. at Auburn University. Discusses laboratory feasability for reproducing space plasmas in the laboratory. ]
Australian National University Plasma Research Laboratory - Australian National University facility studying magnetic confinement in toroidal systems and open systems with applications to space phenomena and advanced plasma processing.
Columbia University Plasma Physics Lab - Experimental plasma physics facility, with HBT-EP tokamak, Columbia Non-Neutral Torus (CNT), Collisionless Terrella Experiment (CTX) and Columbia Linear Machine (CLM). New York.
Complex Plasma Laboratory - Research on complex plasma (dusty plasma, colloidal plasma, plasma crystal) at the University of Sydney.
Meta Description: [ This is the official homepage of the Complex Plasma Laboratory at the University of Sydney. We provide up to date information on complex plasma from around the world. ]
Culham Science Center - Research into Fusion Power. The EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association works at the Culham Science Centre, in Oxfordshire, UK, towards the realisation of Fusion Power.
Meta Description: [ UKAEA Fusion at Culham - home of UK research into fusion energy. ]
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Dublin City University Plasma Research Laboratory - Research on radiofrequency plasmas with applications in microelectronics, lighting, surface engineering, and the development of advanced materials. Dublin, Ireland.
Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory - Research in electric propulsion, plasma thrusters and fundamental problems in plasma physics. Princeton University.
Electron Beam Ion Trap Facility at NIST - The electron beam ion trap (EBIT) facility at NIST uses a tightly focused and energy-tunable electron beam to create, trap, and probe highly charged ions.
Meta Description: [ study of the properties and
applications of highly charged ions ]
Focuslab - Plasma Focus Laboratory - Plasma Focus Laboratory of the Institute for Plasma Physics, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Buenos Aires University, Argentine.
Meta Description: [ Plasma Focus Laboratory - Home Page, Plasma Focus researh laboratory ]
High Energy Density Physics Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - High-energy-density physics and astrophysics research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Imperial College Plasma Physics Group - University group in plasma physics research engaged both experimentally and theoretically in a number of programmes including fundamental plasma physics, acceleration of particles using plasma waves and thermonuclear fusion. London, UK.
Institute for Plasma Research Radio Frequency Group, - Plasma research on non-inductive heating using RF for ICRH, ECRH, and LHCD. Based in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Intense Energy Beam Laboratory, University of Michigan - Investigates the fundamental physics and technology of interactions between beams of electrons, ions, plasma, microwaves, laser light and radio frequency radiation with plasmas, materials, structures, and biological cells.
Laboratory for Plasma Physics - Laboratory is the part of the integrated European thermonuclear fusion research program. ERM/KMS Royal Military Academy, Belgium.
Laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique - Studying instabilities, transport and turbulence in tokamaks, low pressure discharges and high energy density plasmas.
Laboratory of Plasma Accelerator Physics - Belarus Academy of Science - Research of quasi-stationary high current accelerators (plasma guns) and the corersponding flows and material interaction.
Large Plasma Device (LAPD) Laboratory - UCLA facility conducting basic plasma physics research on the behavior of naturally occurring plasmas, such as the auroral ionosphere, the magnetosphere, the solar wind, the solar corona, and the interstellar medium.
Meta Description: [ The Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at UCLA performs frontier-level research of the plasma state of matter. BaPSF is directed by Walter Gekelman Ph.D. ]
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Operated by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Operated by the University of California for the US Department of Energy.
Meta Description: [ Los Alamos National Laboratory helps to ensure the safety of the nuclear weapons stockpile and reduce the threat of terrorist attacks on our homeland. ]
Los Alamos National Laboratory - MFE Experiments - Magnetic fusion experimental team in the P-24 Plasma Physics Group at Los Alamos. Details of collaborations with experiments at other facilities.
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Los Alamos Neutron Science Center - LANSCE is a pulsed spallation neutron source facility that includes the Neutron Scattering Center, the Weapons Neutron Research facility, the world's most powerful proton linear accelerator, and the proton storage ring. Los Alamos, USA.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Physics, the host of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak experiment.
Meta Description: [ MIT Physics Department ]
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center - One of the leading university research laboratories in the physics and engineering aspects of magnetic confinement fusion and home of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, Levitated Dipole Experiment and other plasma and fusion related research projects.
Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division - Conducts a broad experimental and theoretical program in basic and applied research in plasma physics, laboratory discharge and space plasmas, intense electron and ion beams and photon sources, atomic physics, pulsed power sources, laser physics, advanced spectral diagnostics, and nonlinear systems.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fusion Energy Division - The ORNL Fusion Energy Division conducts research in plasma theory, technology and experimental collaborations.
Plasma Engineering Laboratory at Northeastern University - The Plasma Engineering Lab focuses on the design and characterization of low-temperature plasmas and microplasmas for industrial processes and sensors.
Plasma Sciences Laboratory - Auburn University facility studying dusty plasmas, linear instability and planetary ring simulations.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory - United States Department of Energy facility devoted to plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research.
Meta Description: [ Fusion energy and plasma physics research at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory. ]
Redmond Plasma Physics Laboratory - University of Washington facility with a field reversed configuration (FRC) experiment.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Plasma Dynamics Laboratory - Facility devoted to research in plasma engineering and electromagnetics. Troy, New York.
University of Bari - Plasma Laboratory - Fundamental and applied research focused on plasma science and materials. Bari, Italy.
University of Malaya Plasma Physics Laboratory - Laboratory devoted to general plasma research.
University of Texas at Dallas Plasma Applications Laboratory - Research of plasmas used in semiconductor processing. University of Texas at Dallas, USA.
Meta Description: [ The Plasma Applications Laboratory ]
Weizmann Institute of Science, Plasma Laboratory - Research focused on plasma applications and technology. Israel.
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