Innovations: a futuristic megalab in Wyoming

Basic research designed to answer environmental health questions is usually conducted in laboratories at the bench. Bench research allows financial investors, scientists, and society to maximize control over experiments, develop experimental procedures, and test hypotheses in a safe and cost-effective manner. However, results of experiments conducted at the bench may not be representative of what happens when the same experiments are repeated on a commercial scale or in the larger and more complex natural environment.