by Malcolm Slaney | Sep 28, 2026 | IonField Products
A Better Surface for Better Cell Culture Cell culture performance depends on more than media, growth factors, and incubation conditions. The surface beneath the cells matters too. Most cell culture microplates are made from polymers such as polystyrene. These...
by Malcolm Slaney | Sep 2, 2026 | Plasma Cleaning
Beyond Washing: The Science of Plasma Cleaning Fire is one of nature’s most effective cleaning processes. Given enough heat and oxygen, it breaks organic material down into simpler compounds. Of course, putting plastic pipette tips or microplates into a flame...
by Malcolm Slaney | Aug 5, 2026 | Sustainability
What the COVID Pipette Tip Shortage Taught Labs During the COVID-19 pandemic, pipette tips became an unexpected symbol of supply-chain fragility. The shortage was easy to underestimate. A pipette tip is small, inexpensive, and normally treated as an endlessly...
by Malcolm Slaney | Jul 16, 2026 | Sustainability
Closing the Loop on Pipette Tip Reuse Reducing pipette tip waste requires looking beyond the tip itself. A conventional rack of 96 pipette tips includes several plastic components: the tips, the support tray, the outer box and, in many designs, a plastic lid. Although...
by Malcolm Slaney | Jun 29, 2026 | Sustainability
Putting Pipette Tip Reuse Into Perspective A single rack of pipette tips does not look like a major source of plastic waste. But in a high-throughput lab, it is not about one rack. It is about how many times the rack is replaced. That is why reuse changes the equation...
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