Laboratories can be found all over the globe, providing a controlled environment to test, measure, discover, and subsequently expand man's body of knowledge and improve life on this planet. There are laboratories in high schools, universities, and business settings; there are laboratories for government and military research; there are laboratories on the sea, under the ocean, and in space. Vital medical research is accomplished in laboratories, as well as research to achieve rich hair coloring products.

If you are part of a laboratory team, whether industrial, medical, educational, or in any other field, you are part of the proud history of chemistry. While many consider the history of their work really beginning with the chemistry revolution in the 1700s, that is actually erroneous. Chemistry has been improving life for humans in one way or another for an incredible 10,000 years!

"Opposites attract" is a law of attraction, at least where electromagnetism is concerned. But are there laws about attraction between two people? "In a world that is full of strangers" as a line in a famous song of the 1980's goes, is there a clear set of rules that allows two people to fall for each other?

Silver nitrate is among the most flexible of all chemicals, and it has found uses in fields as varied as veterinary medicine and photography. It has an impressive history of uses. In all its forms, silver nitrate is still in high demand.