Caffeine wakes people up by acting on neurons across the brain. Image credit:©iStock.com, Aleksandr Bondar For many people, morning is impossible to navigate without at least one cup of coffee. Amidst its many compounds that give this brew its unique taste, coffee contains caffeine, which helps push away the morning grogginess and perk a person…
Eppendorf today announced the worldwide sales start of its next generation of mechanical pipettes, the Eppendorf Research® 3 neo. The new pipettes offer renowned Eppendorf accuracy and precision, faster or easier volume selection, optimized ergonomics with a shorter pipetting button, and adaptable settings and accessories to customize the pipetting experience for speed, comfort, or accuracy…
CN Bio, a leading provider of Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) Systems and solutions that accelerate drug discovery and development workflows, today announced the expansion of its Contract Research Services (CRS) with new PhysioMimix® computational modeling tools. These capabilities have been developed to enhance Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion (ADME) profiling, for accelerated drug discovery and development workflows….
Researchers found that cheerful and soft music can help people with car sickness feel better. Image credit:© Istock, metamorworks When the journey matters more than the destination, few things are worse than dealing with motion sickness. It can put a damper on a road trip or take the fun out of a cruise. While there…
Antigens on the surface of one’s red blood cells determine their blood group. Some people do not contain prevalent antigens, making their blood group rare. Image credit:© iStock.com, Md Saiful Islam Khan In 2011, a woman from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe underwent routine tests before a surgery. Strikingly, doctors could not identify her…
On July 31 and August 1, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers received the devastating news that over 800 federal research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Energy, totaling close to 600 million dollarswere immediately suspended. As I am writing this, nearly a…
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is essential for sustaining pluripotency and enabling lineage-specific differentiation during induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) research workflows. In translational applications, switching from research-grade to GMP-grade reagents, or vice versa, often introduces uncertainties that can disrupt experimental or clinical progress. Functional equivalence across bFGF grades is a key solution for maintaining…
Laboratories consume millions of liters of water annually to support applications such as media preparation, sterilization, and sample dilution. However, variations in purity can compromise experimental outcomes and damage sensitive instruments. Selecting the right water purification system enables scientists to achieve reproducibility, efficiency, and long-term research success. Download this guide to learn about Water purity…
