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Lightbulbs Alone Aren’t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020
Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that’s expected to net the […]

Local Food Manufacturers Make Use of Autoclaves
Food doesn’t get much more local than mushrooms you grow inside your house. The Detroit Mushroom Factory, a two-person business operating out of a home in the North End neighborhood […]

Further Developments in Full-Validated Turkey Autoclaving
Since we first mentioned it, the time-honored tradition of turkey autoclaving has continued to pick up steam. Craig Venter—among the first scientists to sequence the human genome—was doing it back […]

Some Like It Hot—And Some Want to Save Energy and Money
Have we squandered our natural resources beyond the point of no return? NOAA has monthly recorded record high temps across the planet for more than a year. It can’t all be […]

Food Poisoning Can Lead to Criminal Charges
Companies are always looking for ways to save money, but there are no shortcuts in the food manufacturing industry. While the FDA has been stepping up efforts to curb food […]

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 […]

US Plumbing Code Needs a 21st-Century Makeover
Most of us carry supercomputers in our pockets all day — the better to check Facebook for your sister’s latest cat video — but the plumbing systems we rely on […]

Does Your Autoclave Need a Check-up — Or a Trade-in?
We have a tendency to assume that, as long as our autoclave is producing sterile loads, it’s running fine. But that doesn’t really stand to reason: All devices begin to […]

100 Autoclaves and Counting!
Five years ago we set out on a mission: to deliver the best laboratory autoclaves and services in North America. Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve completed an important milestone […]

Research Labs Can Save Energy, Money — and the Planet
Climate change doesn’t require your belief. Even if you want to bicker about causes, the effects are undeniable: melting polar ice rising ocean levels intensifying weather events shifting habitats warmer […]

Your Lab Could Save 80% of the Water It Is Consuming
Conservation isn’t all about paper and plastic. In the western US (and other arid regions around the world), water is becoming more scarce every year, prompting people to get creative […]

In the Wrong Hands, Jet Dryers Do More Harm than Good
What’s grosser than gross? Turns out it may not be that guy who didn’t wash his hands after using the restroom. A new study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology […]