Improving Speed and Accuracy in Our Food Safety System
In July, an Amsterdam-bound Delta Airlines flight out of Detroit was diverted to New York City after it was discovered that “a portion” of hot meals they’d served were spoiled, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Propagation and Tissue Culture Labs—in Guyana and Beyond
Over the past decade plant tissue culture has been among the primary focuses of biotechnology in Guyana. This has largely been led by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute […]
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Building Biotech Capacity in Guyana and the Global South
The Global South is playing an increasingly important role in the world economy. For example, while the Global South as a whole was only responsible for around 25% of total […]
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Steam Autoclaves for Innovative Life Science Research: Helping Verily “Debug” Singapore’s Metropolises
Snakes, spiders, and sharks consistently top the list of most feared animals on earth, but the deadliest, by a wide margin, is the mosquito. Mosquitos are responsible for at least […]
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Designing and Packaging for Sterile Medical Products: Contact Lenses
Globally, contact lenses are a $9.6 billion (USD) industry that’s expected to grow to $15.2 billion over the next decade. Much of that has been made possible by silicone hydrogel […]
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Ideal Autoclaves for CROs (Contract Research Organizations/Clinical Research Organizations)
The increasing pace of scientific discovery—and increasing demand to quickly apply those abstract discoveries to solving real-world problems—has put ever more pressure on biotech companies and researchers to get more […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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A Priorclave Steam Autoclave: A Lab Tool for Conservation
The more broadly we can distribute good tools and sound methods, the more likely we are to find sustainable answers. We don’t yet fully understand all of the harms we’ve […]
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Choosing the Best Pressure Sterilizer for Mushroom Cultivation
Too many mycology labs and mushroom growers end up with a sterilizer that costs too much and does too little. There are three key considerations when selecting a pressure sterilizer […]
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