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Now Is Not the Time to Waste Water
These last 22-years have been the driest since the year 800, according to a new study. Not only that, but “the 21st century has been substantially drier than the previous […]
Priorclave Reconnects With Longtime Friends in the West Indies
Make new friends but keep the old, One is silver and the other gold. A circle’s round, it has no end, That’s how long I want to be your friend […]
Avoiding Wet Packs and Ensuring Drier Loads
A “wet pack” is any load that comes out of the autoclave problematically damp. The term originates in medical settings, where it usually referred to wrapped instruments that had visible […]
How to Address Priorclave Error Code F007
Error F007 is a technical fault described as a “vacuum pre-cycle pressure loop break.” In basic terms, this means that the autoclave has tried and failed to create a vacuum […]
Greenhouses Using Autoclave Sterilizers for Research and Conservation
Intricate ecosystems formed over the course of 4.5 billion years of evolution, but human activity and land use are decimating resources in a fraction of that time. Biodiversity is the […]
Lab Design Disasters: Four Surprisingly Common Unasked Questions about Autoclave Placement
We trust that all four of these autoclave installation questions will seem glaringly obvious—once you see them written out. But it’s been our experience that all too often autoclave buyers […]
Why it’s Crucial to Leak Test Autoclaves and Discover Leak Test Failures ASAP
Effective team sterilization is essential for reliable, valid research and lab safety. As such, all labs should periodically leak test autoclaves to ensure that their machine is effectively creating and […]
Three Shortcomings of ‘Cold Sterilization’ for Mushroom Substrate
“Cold sterilization” of mushroom substrate is popular with early stage commercial mushroom growing operations. It’s low-tech, DIY, and can be cost effective. But cold sterilization isn’t always effective, and many […]
Supporting MycoWorks in Exploring New Materials for Fashion and Décor
The clothing and fashion industry doesn’t have a very good environmental record. Right now, fashion production consumes about 24.6 trillion gallons of clean water each year—enough to meet the needs […]
Developing Your Mushroom Substrate Sterilization Procedures
Contamination is the most common source of failure in any mushroom crop. This especially affects slow-growing mushrooms with longer colonization times. The same characteristics that make mushroom substrate delicious to […]
Developing Your Lab’s Soil Sterilization Protocol
Soil sterilization can be an ordeal. Its density and the heartiness of endospores and other biological material present in soil make it a truly vexing challenge. Many labs run their […]
Doing More to Avoid Single Use Medical and Lab Supplies
Single use plastics in medical settings are a critical sustainability issue. As Dr. Leana Wen points out in her Washington Post column, “every day, U.S. health-care facilities generate 14,000 tons […]