Editing Laboratory (section)

{{Short description|Workplace for scientific activity}}
[[File:At Manchester 2023 2023 006.jpg|thumb|The [[Schuster Laboratory]], [[University of Manchester]] (a physics laboratory)]]

A '''laboratory''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|l|ə|ˈ|b|ɒr|ə|t|ər|i|}}; {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|l|æ|b|r|ə|t|ɔr|i}}; colloquially '''lab''') is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which [[science|scientific]] or technological research, [[experiment]]s, and [[measurement]] may be performed. Laboratories are found in a variety of settings such as schools, universities, privately owned research institutions, corporate research and testing facilities, government regulatory and forensic investigation centers,  physicians' offices, clinics, hospitals, regional and national referral centers, and even occasionally personal residences.<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4899-7794-6_1 |chapter=Laboratory Structure and Function |doi=10.1007/978-1-4899-7794-6_1 |access-date=2019-07-24 |archive-date=2021-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429010835/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4899-7794-6_1 |url-status=live |title=Clinical Core Laboratory Testing |date=2017 |last1=Bertholf |first1=Roger L. |pages=1–23 |isbn=978-1-4899-7792-2 }}</ref>