If you're like most researchers, as you plan experiments, chances are your to-do list takes precedence over your comfort. Bench work has a long history of causing physical woes, and as new technologies push the definition of "high-throughput," an increasing number of labs are becoming more like assembly lines. Even with better automation, ergonomics problems are on the rise in the lab, says David Rempel, a researcher in occupational medicine from the University of California, San Francisco.
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