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When it comes to storing valuable biological specimens, your choice of container can make a significant difference. Cryovials, specialized tubes designed for cryogenic storage, are a staple in laborat … read more

These days, few retail establishments still ask their staff to mentally tally up customer purchases.Medical practices are moving patient records online to minimize error and improve transportability … read more

This phrase begs the question: “Well then, what sort of cryogenic vial is this if it cannot be used in liquid nitrogen?”Not a week goes by that we are not asked to explain this seemingly odd disclai … read more

The simple answer is: None are.  Inserting any kind of plastic tube into liquid nitrogen, even those called "cryovial", carries the potential for explosion, as this report from UCLA  ma … read more

Every week at Stellar Scientific we receive questions like this from high-throughput laboratories asking for storage solutions to hold their unusual sized containers. Most of the time the answer … read more

Extended exposure to ambient air accelerates the death of your ultra low temperature freezers.  Each time the door of your laboratory ULT is opened, warmer air rushes in and begins to th … read more