Does anyone know of a brand/model of prescription safety goggles (not glasses) with the prescription integrated into the goggles and not as a separate insert?

I really need to get new safety eyewear and I'd like to maybe get goggles if I can vs. the glasses I've always had for superior protection. But I'm not sure I could tolerate a separate insert, which the only pairs I've seen use.

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Problem: the pockets have ripped out on your lab coat.

Me (boring, lazy): Safety pins!

My student (creative, motivated): Sew it up and add awesome embroidery!

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Anyone have a CO2 tank switcher they like? We have a thermo "gas guard" (the old school mechanical switch type) that seems to have a leak. One tank lasts the usual 3 weeks or so, the other drains in 2 days. Not the regulators or the lines, the problem seems to be in the box itself. It didn't use to do this, the problem started maybe 4 months ago, and we aren't sure even if we take it apart we can fix the problem.

(We have a second, but when we tried it that seemed to leak from all of the input lines, my coworker teflon taped the threads, but we haven't gotten a chance to swap all of the lines to re-test that box).

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I'm fairly familiar with the concept of automation in labs (my supervisor has two different King Fisher automation systems, I've toured UCLA's high throughput drug discovery facility and talked with the director, use an automated NMR on a weekly if not daily basis, etc) and I have some serious questions with this article.

Starting at the end: I really don't think this is going to "democratize science" unless people are renting out time on their already built set-ups to any random person on the street because the barrier to entry is absurdly high in terms of cost of the machines and I doubt the "AI" powered ones are going to be cheaper.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5846973/ai-science-robots-risks-experiments-gingko-bioworks

the paper from the company in question: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.05.703998v1

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Inside the lab.

Exploring how light behaves at the nanoscale, one experiment at a time.

From microscopy to data analysis, this is where research happens.

QnanoOptics at UniOvi

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Carbelim Lab focuses on sustainable innovation through biochar production, carbon solutions, and climate technology to support environmental sustainability.

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