How We Work
Science for a Safer World
As a global safety science leader, research is at the heart of our mission. We tackle the tough questions with a scientific rigor and objectivity trusted throughout the world.
By applying our expertise to today’s global challenges, UL Research Institutes continues to set the agenda for safety science. We’re working to ensure that the technologies that define the 21st century are designed with safety, security, and equity in mind — and to advance those values around the world.
Open Science
We openly share research methods, data, code, and findings whenever possible to make our work more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. According to the US National Academies of Science, Education, and Medicine, open science has many benefits, including:
New standards for data and code sharing in fields such as biomedical research and psychology are making it easier for researchers to reproduce and replicate reported work, strengthening scientific rigor, and reliability.
Open science allows researchers to bring data and perspectives from multiple fields to bear on their work, opening up new areas of inquiry and expanding opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.
The proportion of scientific articles that are openly available is increasing, which accelerates the process of disseminating research and building on results. Open publication also allows broader, more inclusive participation in research and expands the possibilities of productive research collaboration within the United States and around the world.
Large-scale projects in fields such as astronomy and ecology are utilizing open data and expanding opportunities for citizen scientists to contribute to scientific advances.
Reuse of data in fields such as clinical research is facilitating the aggregation of multiple studies for meta-analysis and allows for more effective testing of new hypotheses.
New tools such as electronic lab notebooks enable more accurate recording of research work streams and automate various data curation tasks.
Collaboration
Partnering for a Safer Tomorrow
Our public safety mission endorses broad, global cooperation so we can advance safety science for the public good.
Technology and Innovation
Moving Innovation Forward, Safely
Accomplished researchers, paired with high-tech laboratories and equipment, help protect our planet, its people, and their privacy by making emerging technologies and everyday products safer.
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