A Closer Look: Eosin Methylene Blue Agar
When looking at our dipslides, people often ask us which one they should get. “What agar should I use?” “What does each agar grow?” “What is best for my application?” Like many of our answers [...]
Test Strip Vial Rocket
Before the weather turns to snow and cold, we thought we’d find a way to enjoy the beautiful fall weather while we still can. This is different from our usual science experiments because it also [...]
Neutral pH: Does Water Have a Taste?
When you look at any example of the pH scale, you see that water has a neutral pH of 7. You’ll also see example of acidic substances, like lemon juice, orange juice, and tomato juice, [...]
What Role Does Yeast Play in Bread-Making?
Fact: we love food, and we love science. So, when the two come together, we get excited. Making bread is actually a very scientific adventure because it involves microbiology and chemistry, and much of that [...]
Microbe Cafeteria: What Microbes Have You Been Eating?
How does the saying go? You are what you eat. Well, microbes are everywhere, in everything, so we know it’s in our food. And we know from our article, Microbes and You: We’re All Just [...]
Diffusion and Osmosis Experiment
Our Glucose test strips can be used in biology classrooms to perform diffusion and osmosis experiments. Diffusion is the movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration, continuing [...]
Misuse of Potassium Iodide Starch and Chlorine Test Papers
Our Potassium Iodide Starch test paper detects free iodine, chlorine and peroxides in solution. Lower levels react with the strip at 5 – 10 ppm. Iodine requires approximately 60 seconds to react, and initial reactions [...]
Quality Assurance Procedures for Precision’s Test Strips
Precision Laboratories’ test strips are manufactured under strict quality assurance procedures to ensure our customers receive the best possible product. Since we have already shared the quality assurance procedures for our dipslides, we thought we [...]
Meet Our Team: Kami Roti
Meet Kami Roti, a member of the front office staff, involved in computer systems management, purchasing, sales and marketing. Kami helps keep the computer systems running, and works to fix any glitches or down-time we [...]
EPA Science Experiment: Observing Buffer in Lakes, Ponds, and Streams
The EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) is a great educational resource that not everyone is aware of, so we like to share some of their experiments and informative web pages whenever possible. They have some [...]
Genetics and Beer
Two things that actually have some common ground: genetics and beer. Bet you didn’t see that coming. We found a couple of articles online from craft beer bloggers who tried experiments using our taste test [...]
Meet Our Team: Leilani Padilla
Meet Leilani Padilla, a seasonal employee on our production team, and a great one at that. Leilani is now in her second summer of working for us while she’s off for summer break from the [...]