You can use Research Labs to learn new recipes for the following:

• Pharmacology
• Food and Drink
• Outpost Development
• Equipment
• Weaponry

You need to bring specific materials for each recipe before you can learn it.

You can use a Pharmaceutical Lab in Starfield to craft various items which restore health, such as:

• Antibiotics
• Bandages
• Heal Paste
• Immobilizer
• Injector
• Penicillin X
• Snake Oil