World Laboratory Day - April 23
Sun Apr 23rd

World Laboratory Day

Every year on April 23rd, World Laboratory Day honors the place where great inventions appear to make the world a better place. It's also a day to honor those who perform study and experiments in these unique workplaces.

Some of the world's best discoveries came straight from a laboratory. These include things such as creating drugs for deadly diseases, deploying satellites in outer space, and finding new elements on the periodic table.

Some of the more surprising things that have occurred in a laboratory include:: The following are some of the more surprising things that have occurred in a lab:

  • Good and bad cholesterol levels in the human body can be identified
  • Turning windows into energy savers is converted from electricity savers
  • Understanding what caused dinosaurs to become extinct
  • Photosynthesis's process is explained
  • Battery-powered batteries that last longer are built for long-life
  • Making water safe to drink
  • Medical imaging pioneering
  • Ceramic ceramics are used to make tougher ceramics
  • In our galaxy, we're seeing far away objects

For some people, breakthroughs like these have been life-changing and even life-saving. These discoveries have also helped us to better understand our universe, enabled us to become more energy efficient, and has helped people around the world save money. Can you imagine what our world would be like without these kinds of breakthroughs?

How to celebrate #worldlaboratoryday

Laboratory scientists around the world honor their employees and researchers who work hard to produce new discoveries, invent new things, and make scientific breakthroughs on this day. All to make the world a better place. Many colleges and universities also host seminars to encourage students to choose a science career.

To participate:

  • Consider some of the most popular lab findings in history, such as penicillin, batteries, aspirin, microwaves, and cameras, and how your life would be different without them
  • Learn more about what goes on in laboratories
  • Watch a movie that features scientific findings, such as Jurassic Park, Awakenings, Life Story, and Twelve Monkeys
  • Almroth Wright, Robert Koch, Walter Reed, Marie Curie, and Louis Pasteur are among medical laboratory science pioneers who have pioneered medical laboratory science, including Almroth Wright, Robert Koch, Walter Reed, Marie Curie, and Louis Pasteur

#WorldLaboratoryDay is a hashtag on social media to raise money for this day.