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Shopping Online Doesn't have to be Scary  The biggest thing that sets science supplies apart from everyday household items are their high standards for accuracy and precision.A quick refresh … read more

The Hows and Whys of Large Scale Cell Culture Production  Brand new to large scale cell culture production? Read this article for a refresher on cell culture principles and discussion of the … read more

Scared to Shop Online for Science Supplies? Here's Why You Should ReconsiderAlthough we live in a digital era, shopping for science supplies online can be a daunting task for a lot of folks. That’s re … read more

Background and Chemical Properties  Barium Chloride is an inorganic salt that’s used commonly in industry as a water softener and as a test for sulfate ions.It has great flexibility as a rea … read more

Background and History  Gel Electrophoresis refers to the process of separating biological molecules by size within a gel matrix. Electrophoresis has been around for a very long time an … read more

Brief Overview of Chemical Properties  Barium Chloride is an inorganic salt that comes as a white crystalline powder. It’s used commonly in industry as a stabilizing agent for polymer creati … read more

Large volume centrifuges aren’t the staple piece of equipment that microcentrifuges are, but what if you need to spin a sample greater than 2 milliliters in volume?These machines are used for centrifu … read more

Background on Metal Contamination in Laboratory Plastics  Laboratory plastic may be misunderstood as a flawless, pristine form of the material, but that’s far from the truth. Plastics found … read more

Transwell systems are a novel way of creating dual surfaces in a culture to study cell migration and sidedness. They also provide an attractive way to co-culture cells and study interactions whil … read more

Brief Overview of use and Applications  Barium Chloride is an inorganic salt that comes as a white crystalline powder. It is probably best known as an additive in fireworks and a purifying a … read more

Popular Uses for 96-Well Plates, Demystified  Multiwell plates are gaining popularity outside of industry as biotechnology advances. For that reason, scientists who never planned on using hi … read more

The How and Why of Their Invention and What to Look for  Petri dishes have a lengthy history as a lab essential. Prior to their invention in the late 1800’s, bacteriologists were using bell … read more

A Quick History and Underlying Principles  The UV-Vis Spectrophotometer was invented in the 1940s by Arnold Beckman as a means of detecting biochemical structures based on their ability … read more

Why it Makes Sense to be Choosy About Your Lab Accessories  Lab tools and accessories are some of the most difficult items to shop for because you have to keep up with differing demands and … read more

Color-Coding and Laboratory Organization Go Hand in Hand  You think laboratory, and you envision a boring grayscale color scheme, right? Time to think again. Rainbow conicals, pictured abo … read more

The History of Flow Cytometry and Importance in Research  Flow cytometry is a technique that uses molecules of interest to sort and analyze cells. There are a few existing methods for d … read more

In the Mix of Things: How Vortex Mixers Became Laboratory Staples  Vortex mixers were invented in the late 1950’s by the Kraft brothers for Scientific Industries and first became widely avai … read more

Why use 3D Scaffolding for your cells?  Cell culture has been an avid field of research since the late 1800s, when an embryologist first tried maintaining chicken cells in saline. In 1907, a … read more

We’re sure you know your way around the lab, but did you know that choosing a serological pipette is quite a serious mission? Lab materials are the foundation of most of what you do in the lab. … read more

A Brief History of Cryogenics  Cryovial containers are in all modern labs that use a freezer, and even in some that don’t. They are especially for the storage of samples that need to be prot … read more

A Cell Culture Lifesaver You Need to Know About  Cell culture labs are some of the cleanest labs around. We all know cell culture scientists form elaborate rituals around setup and cleaning … read more

Microscopes are More Versatile than You Might Think  Have you ever felt like you are not getting as much out of your dissecting microscope as you expected to? Keep reading this post to under … read more

Here’s History, Background, and Features  Erlenmeyer flasks are an essential piece of equipment in chemistry and microbiology laboratories. The Erlenmeyer flask was invented in 1891 by the G … read more

Graduated cylinders, also known as “measuring cylinders”, are one of the more common pieces of laboratory containment equipment, but if you’ve been out of the lab for awhile, you might have forgotten … read more