I suspect the author has somehow a connection to bio/chemistry labs or worked in one themself. All the devices and chemicals in the lab are also in real labs, same for the chemicals and especially the containers in which they are stored. Somehow that accuracy made me like this story even more.
I can say with pride that this is one of the better things I have every typeset during my "career". I was fairly stressed from work while doing this, if you spot anything unusual please let me know.