Researchers using air displacement pipettes often encounter drop formation at the end of the pipette tip after dispensing. What is not general knowledge is that this drop belongs in the dispense and ...

When the pipetting process is over, users must remember that their pipette is a precision instrument. That means they must not simply throw it back onto the bench or lock it away in a drawer. Ideally, ...

Pipette tips are the tires on a pipettor. You might have the best pipettor that money can buy, with a digital display, active memory, and 10 different operation modes, but if you're using the wrong ...

Programs that screen newborns for potentially deadly genetic conditions will now have higher priority when ordering pipette tips — a critical laboratory supply that is in shortage. STAT highlighted ...

In conventional SICM, automatic distance feedback control continuously moves the pipette up or down in order to keep the pipette current constant (the set point), while the sample is raster scanned in ...

University College London (UCL) made a series of pledges last week to cut down on plastic waste, help mitigate climate change, and make its research and teaching facilities more environmentally ...

Repetitive strain injuries (RSIs) can be caused by prolonged and repetitive movements, and almost 90 % of scientists who regularly use pipettes for more than an hour a day report hand and elbow ...

In earlier studies we have shown experimentally that images with a resolution higher than the pipette diameter can be obtained. This is due to the fact that the actual sensitive area of the probe is ...