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Tap Water and Sterilization (pt. 1): Is Tap Water Bad for Your Steam Autoclave?
We’ve noticed a recent uptick in concerns about water quality and its impact on sterilization and steam autoclave operation. It seems like the biggest source of confusion is a lack […]
Culture Media Sterilization: How to Dispose of Polystyrene Agar Plates
The process for sterilizing and disposing of polystyrene agar plates should look familiar: culture media sterilization is already a step somewhere in any lab’s workflow already. Agar plates, like a […]
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 […]
Medical Device Lifecycle Testing: More is Better
Life-saving surgeries rely, more and more often, on increasingly complex surgical tools. Meanwhile, the global climate crisis increasingly demands we rely less on single-use surgical instruments and medical supplies. This […]
Using Steam Autoclaves for Medical Device Accelerated Aging
Autoclaves play an important role in product development and testing. They’re play a key role in medical device accelerated aging, where can simulate years of wear-and-tear or exposure to harsh […]
Always Use Autoclave Trays!
Spend long enough in a lab and eventually even your most useful and trusted equipment may seem to betray you. But it’s not the autoclave to blame! It could be […]
How to Autoclave Agar Plates and Reduce Single-Use Lab Plastics
Given the quickening pace of global climate change, an increasing number of lab managers are looking for single-use plastics alternatives (and it’s about time!). Making the transition to glass agar […]
Do I Need a GLP or GMP Autoclave?
Customers often ask us: “Do I Need a GLP or GMP Autoclave?” Usually, the answer is “No, you don’t.” That’s because, in the grand scheme of things, only a narrow […]
Being Cautious with Cannabis Research and COVID
Cannabis research and development are by no means “junk science” (or a stoner “pipe dream.”) But they are more complicated than it seems at first glance—or than the late night […]
Creating Consistent Standards for Lab Autoclaves and Sterilizers
Given the state of the climate crisis, there’s increasing urgency to reform how we approach research and development. As it stands, the annual carbon emissions from the biotech/pharma sector alone […]
“Short-Termism” in Laboratory Research: Are Good Ideas Getting Harder to Find?
Roughly two years ago, economist Nicholas Bloom co-authored a paper that set off laboratory research alarm bells around the world, asking “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?” They estimated that […]