Energy-efficient fish science Nov 19, 2009
A visual display is planned in the lobby of the Lena Point facility so that visitors can learn about the energy saving projects behind the tanks of fish, glass beakers and microscopes. Christiansen also imagines that a sea water heat exchanger could be used elsewhere in the city, such as at a state office building planned on Gastineau Channel downtown. (Juneau Empire)
Prepping to present academic work Nov 13, 2009
These beakers may be empty now, but imagine how much took place in them at one time. Undergrad Sarah Schoonmaker was struggling to find an audience for her research until now. (UCD Advocate, CO)
Chemistry Experiments with Househol... Oct 23, 2009
Chemistry Experiments with Household Products. Chemistry Experiments with Household Products. (Suite101.com)
Port Orange meth lab busted Oct 23, 2009
A hellish chemistry set of bottled brake fluid, propane burners, beakers and various containers of other drug-making ingredients were spread over the driveway next door to 1209 Harbour Point Drive. Agents with the Eastside Narcotics Task Force also found 22 grams of powder meth and 98 grams of meth oil in the duplex. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Gardening under glass Oct 19, 2009
Nearly any transparent vessel can become a terrarium: cookie jars, vases, apothecary jars, mason jars, aquariums, fish bowls and even chemistry beakers. Among the vessels Geiger uses for her terrariums are recycled chandeliers, globe lights and even glass grapefruit juice containers. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Police: Store Like 'Wal-Mart For Drugs' Oct 16, 2009
"You got your beakers to mix your products. These are various scales.". Video. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Holiday sales events at warehouses, outlets Oct 12, 2009
Highlights: Pendant lighting from $50 (retail $300-$1,200); stemware from $10 (retail $80-$90); table lamps at $99 and lamp accessories $35-$50 (retail $660-$700); and candlesticks, bud vases, decanters and beakers starting at $20 (retail $92-$180). 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Fri. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Free speech antennas up in G-20 Twitter case Oct 5, 2009
While there were many potentially relevant items seized -- gas masks, computers, corked glass vials, beakers and test tubes -- there were lots of likely irrelevant materials seized, as well -- posters of a cat and another of Curious George, photographs of Karl Marx and Lenin, along with MP3 players. Also taken were files of Mr. Madison's clients. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Coffee Filter Chromatography, Crime... Oct 5, 2009
Clear glass containers, or 250 ml beakers, for water and filter placement. Pencils to mark the filter paper bottom circle with date, time, class and marker code. (Suite101.com)
THE ELEMENTS OF TASTE: Food scientist recalls years behind the beakers (37) Sep 20, 2009
THE ELEMENTS OF TASTE: Food scientist recalls years behind the beakers. By PHIL SARATA, Tf Writer Sunday, September 20, 2009. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Power on: SU professor and team work on solar energy technology Sep 17, 2009
Shelves of beakers line the walls, dozens of samples stand waiting to be prepped for testing and caddies of pipettes sit on nearly every countertop. At first glance, Mathew Maye's laboratory looks like a typical lab. (Daily Orange, NY)
Thermo Fisher chief set to leave Sep 16, 2009
Thermo, which makes everything from laboratory beakers to sophisticated instruments to detect toxins in food, has about 34,000 employees, including 1,570 in Massachusetts. Last year, the company s revenue grew 8 percent to $10. (Boston Globe)
What's Happening to Sam Tanenhaus? Sep 1, 2009
free of talking-points catnip and venue-fit, Corner types drummed their fingers and sniffed an apostate: a Vanity Fair of the Hannities after the honey-tease; whence this onetime presumed stalwart of the nomenklatura among the Commentariat (he had published early in the neocons flagship-cum-Titanic), having declined his invites to Kristol balls and smashed beakers in Decter Strangelove s lab, leaving without paying his tab in the brothel where every Pod-whore, it s true, must play John and... (The American Conservative)
Microchip Does 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once Aug 24, 2009
24, 2009) Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions, with results literally shrinking the lab down to the size of a thumbnail. (Science Daily)
High Point draws crowd for VBS Aug 20, 2009
The church was transformed into the Power Lab with a variety of custom-made, hand-painted decorations including bubbling lab beakers, DNA chains and swirling atoms. We re excited to be able to offer outreach ministries like this to the children of our community, said Jeff Bachelder, Director of Children s Ministries at the church. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Lab-on-a-chip said to perform 1,024 simultaneous tests Aug 5, 2009
UCLA's microchip was demonstrated recently in a drug discovery application where it performed tiny reactions to identify potential drug molecules that could be used to treat illness, effectively multiplying the speed of normal testing procedures that use flasks, beakers and hot plates. The lab-on-a-chip held 1,024 different drugs, which were tested to determine whether they would bind to a cell. (EETimes)
Car-Crazy Ghanaians: Vampire Mps Free Car Loans Aug 1, 2009
ACT 6: CAR-CRAZINESS DERAILS PROGRESS We buy cars on the whim End of service has policies on cars But schools are impoverished Some SSS use broken bottles as beakers MPs get free loans for cars Police no get state cars for work Border Guards no get state cars Prisons no get state cars Fire Service no get state cars Hospital beds are bare floors Hospitals are graveyards Infant mortality is high in the North But Bagbin thinks about tractor-cars We have electricity but live in darkness School fees... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Through the grape vine Jul 31, 2009
This explains the beakers full of different chocolates sitting on the counter. Lakeview, with a label that features the Long Point, Canada, lighthouse, is rooted in the North East area, including the regional hospitality. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Recession helps wine school lure aspiring vintners Jul 30, 2009
But most of the time is devoted to laboratory sessions involving beakers and flasks, tips on cellar operations and sanitation and tutorials on identifying and preventing flaws in the winemaking process. Becker said she and her husband went into winemaking inspired but without technical acumen. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kenny soaks up fun of SpongeBob success Jul 18, 2009
A You can't try to sit down with test tubes and beakers and try to create a gigantically worldwide popular show. "SpongeBob" was created in a resolutely unscientific way -- without regard to demographics of flow charts or market share. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Pouring from One Container to Anoth... Jul 7, 2009
Plastic beakers with handles that can be fully grasped by the child s entire hand are good to start off with. Subsequently, the pouring activity can be varied by using identical containers of different sizes and weight. (Suite101.com)
Air Force pilots relish tricky firefighting runs Jul 4, 2009
Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for Uncle Sam. If he and others like him around the country are successful, algae-based biofuel could one day power one of the world's biggest gas guzzlers: the U.S. military. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you! Jul 4, 2009
LOGAN, Utah - Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for Uncle Sam ... At Arizona State University, scientists are testing about 500 strains, searching for the most robust specimens in flasks and beakers that could make the transition to larger outdoor ponds and growing facilities. (AZCentral -- News)
Cohasset watercolor painting could fetch $25K at auction Jun 6, 2009
In January, several sets of silver beakers and an antique chair from the First Parish Church went up for auction at Sotheby s in New York. The two pairs of Deacon John Jacobs beakers by silversmith Jacob Hurd that date back to 1728 were sold for $85,000 each ... The Susanna Lewis beakers, dated 1824, were sold for $8,750 to a Cohasset resident. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Cool Science Experiment for Kids Te... May 30, 2009
3 six liter transparent beakers (glass jars or clear plastic cups can be used too) ... Fill one of the beakers halfway with fresh water and color it with the blue food coloring. (Suite101.com)
Bar Dispenses 'Cures' for Modern-Day Ailments May 30, 2009
Outfitted like an old world apothecary, the bar displays various beakers and pharmacy scales. Lining the shelves are different-sized bottles filled with herbal liquors and botanicals collected from Trummer's travels around the world. (ABC News -- Business)
* World News Quick Take May 14, 2009
Soldiers also found barrels, pots and beakers apparently used to process the drug. UNITED STATES Beauty keeps crown. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
TWO ARRESTED ON METH-RELATED CHARGES May 1, 2009
Ramsey said while Harper was checking the house, he found three bottles of liquid Heet, a bucket containing lye, starter fluid, a propane tank, and a bag containing glass beakers, smoking pipes, rubber gloves and tubing, all items commonly used to manufacture methamphetamine. The drug was also found in the house and Ramsey said the female Harper initially talked to claimed she had brought the others to the house to make methamphetamine at the suggestion of Howard and Stone. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Old Spice Smells Like a Billion Bucks Apr 30, 2009
In drab laboratories, amid industrial tubs of raw deodorant ingredients and steel counters crowded with beakers and hot plates, they labor over concoctions to plug those pesky pores. The woman charged with finding the beauty in this olfactory ugliness is Procter & Gamble's global deodorants general manager, Alex Keith. (FastCompany)
Creative cuisine Apr 13, 2009
Last year, a group of doctors in Riga, Latvia, opened Hospitalis, a medical-themed restaurant whose dining room resembles an OR, with nurse waitresses bringing food on gurneys, accessorized with syringes and forceps in addition to knives and forks and with drinks served in beakers and test tubes. Hospitalis signature dish is a cake with edible toppings that resemble fingers, noses and tongues. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Study: Chemicals to clean oil spills harm fish Apr 11, 2009
To find out just how dangerous dispersed oil might be to fish, Hodson and colleagues performed a series of laboratory experiments with beakers that were meant to simulate contaminated lakes. In all of the beakers, the scientists mixed water with diesel oil, then added newly hatched trout embryos ... In some beakers, the scientists added a dispersing agent. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Amid recession, many pin hopes on own business Apr 5, 2009
Carey said he was annoyed that he could no longer taste coffee and, experimenting with brewing techniques in his apartment kitchen, came up with a method involving pouring water over freshly ground coffee into pots that resemble glass beakers. He worked as a research technician at the University of Georgia, but "that wasn't doing it for me," he said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
K.I.D.S. would make difference in North Callaway classrooms Mar 25, 2009
I've got glass beakers out when they should be in a cabinet for safety reasons; there's just not enough space. Not having an environment that they can respect, not feeling like they're part of real science can hinder things, she said. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Obituary: Ali Bongo Mar 20, 2009
Standing silently but amiably to one side, he would unbolt the magic boxes, hold the ropes, demonstrate the emptiness of beakers and pots, confirm the thickness of a sheet of glass before a near-naked girl would climb into a magic box and pass straight through it. Audience in tumults of delight. (The Economist)
Searching for work, some make their own Mar 16, 2009
And his crowded home office is filled with beakers and test tubes of jellyfish food. "But it beats looking for work. I hate looking for work.". (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Journey of a Flower Mar 8, 2009
There are hundreds of shapes and sizes -- simple cylinders, glass cubes, beakers. Finally, Zoeller sees what he's looking for. (Boston Globe)
Salt Water Properties an Inquiry In... Mar 5, 2009
Place a thermometer in both beakers 1 and 2. Place both beakers on a hot plate ... Did the buzzer sound when you group placed craft sticks in either of the beakers. (Suite101.com)
Many miss deductions during busy tax season Feb 17, 2009
In Minnesota, tax payers who homeschool children can file for reimbursement on regular materials used in public schools like paper, pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks, rulers, chalk, home ec supplies, shop supplies, art supplies, science beakers, test tubes, sheet music, computer paper and printer ink cartridges. For more information about what deductions you may be missing this tax season, visit your tax adviser or call your state's tax department. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
