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The US Is Running Out of Water
States are running out of water and it’s not just the arid ones out west, with wildfires and water restrictions. A recent GAO report found that 40 out of […]
Sustainably Delivering Clean Water in St. Lucia: WASCO Then and Now
Priorclave North America CEO Barbra Wells was recently invited to present on laboratory sustainability at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Trinidad. This gave her the opportunity to visit old […]
Improving the Sustainability Scorecard in North American Labs
At Priorclave North America, our goal is to make a difference. Specifically, we want to reduce labs’ environmental consequences—which can be startlingly high—while making it easier to get important work […]
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 […]
Sustainable Labs: Small Changes Make Big Impacts
Around the U.S., regions, states, and cities are introducing new initiatives, legislation, consumer campaigns, and equipment upgrades to increase efficiency and lessen resource demands. This is increasingly necessary as southwestern […]
What Universities Get Wrong About Their Lab Autoclave
University facility managers often contact us with an odd request: They need an affordable, efficient lab autoclave for a research facility—but they say that autoclave will need to run nearly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lowering the Carbon Footprint in Research Laboratories
As every research scientist knows, running a lab isn’t cheap. And laboratory research runs up costs beyond what you see on budget line-items. Labs send enormous volumes of single-use plastics […]
How Safe is Our Food and Beverage Supply?
During the summer of 2024, dozens of deadly listeria cases popped up across the United States. This raised fears and red flags for epidemiologists, and sparked a race to uncover […]
Corporate Greenwashing: Are You Wasting Resources on “Eco-Friendly” Autoclaves?
Industry efforts to reduce our carbon footprint have spawned a lot of “sustainable” promises. All too often, these prove to be little more than sales pitches with a heavy coat […]
Choosing a Soil Sterilization Autoclave
Soil sterilization is notoriously hard on autoclaves. In part, this is simply because the soil sterilization process is inherently challenging. Soil is heavy, dense, and hard to permeate with steam […]