Are there any differences between setting automatic or manual number of measurements in DLS?

When doing measurements in DLS (either size or zeta potential), I have the option to input an automatic number of measurements or to set it manually. My question is: is there a drawback in...

08 February 2021 9,423 6 View

How to make Fast Green FCF from powder?

Hi everyone We need Fast Green to electroporate plasmid into mice embryos, therefore we simply need it to see some color in the liquid we are electroporating so that electroporation is more...

07 February 2021 1,671 2 View

Google Reveals Major Hidden Weakness In Machine Learning, What are your observations on the following article?

Deep learning algorithms are prone to a previously unknown problem, say a team of computer scientists at...

14 December 2020 4,163 4 View

Any data or studies available on wall thermal insulation with glass bottles?

I am searching for data and studies about thermal performances of walls insulated using recycled unbroken glass bottles, to be used as part of the structure itself, or as filling material of a...

29 November 2020 7,792 2 View

Rounding decimals to use Poisson model?

I could not get a good fit for a Gaussian model of variation in the duration of a behavior. I thus rounded durations to the next integer (nearest minute) and used a Poisson distribution, which...

17 November 2020 4,048 4 View

Is there same kind of limit when annealing two DNA products?

Hi there I'm planning on annealing two PCR products to perform some mutagenesis in a plasmid. I was recommended to try and keep it to 600pb each, for example, but for one of the plasmids there...

15 November 2020 8,656 3 View

Can you have a (very) local weather forecast model with simple weather stations?

Dear metereologists, sorry if this question is too basic, I'm just curious about it So, I`ve seen some personal stations that capture temperature, humidity, wind speed and pluviometry...

27 September 2020 178 4 View

How to avoid getting organic particles to charr(become black) during calcination?

I am trying to synthesize SrHfO3:Eu2+ nanoparticles. To reduce from Eu3+ to Eu2+, we calcinate it under Ar/H2 conditions but it ends giving a black coloured product. We need this for luminescence...

22 August 2020 448 3 View

Does anyone know how to quantify C-S-H in cementitious materials using XRD?

10 August 2020 4,207 11 View

What would be the best marine bioindicator to perform micronucleus counting?

I intend to evaluate mutagenesis and genotoxicity of marine pollutants and I think that freshwater plants and animals may not be the best bioindicators.

27 July 2020 2,818 1 View

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Is there any test to determine the cardiovascular risk of patients with obesity? from the perspective of obesity?

We found tests to determine cardiovascular risk taking into account lipid profile, blood pressure, age, history of diabetes, other laboratories. But when weight is involved, there is a paradox. I...

02 March 2021 6,036 1 View

Should we change media after1st 6hrs after plating HUVEC bought from INVITROGEN?it's not recomended by invitrogen.Will DMSO present in stock matter?

We have HUVEC bought from Invitrogen. Cat no -C-003-5c. while first plating the cells we have bought the protocol suggests not to centrifuge the cell with media to remove the DMSO. Should we...

02 March 2021 3,713 2 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Why am i not getting solid after reacting APTES with salicylaldehyde?

The reaction of APTES with salicylaldehyde in ethanol leads to the formation of imine compound yellow solid which is mention in literature, but I am not getting yellow solid I don't know why? when...

28 February 2021 2,955 2 View

Which database would give me this list of chemical components?

Dear colleagues: I would like to know if anyone knows of a database that gives me the parameters pH, K, K, Mg, P, C, N, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd of common foods. I find a lot of information of proteins,...

26 February 2021 5,525 3 View

Has anyone experienced changes in growth for cell culture when purchasing media from different companies?

I recently switched the company where we buy our DMEM/F12 and i have noticed a signficant change in growth for my human olfactory neurosphere cell lines

24 February 2021 2,268 3 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View

Have anyone checked before Cyclic voltammograms of intial ITO substrate and E-teck?

As a beginner in electrochemistry, I tried to obtain cyclic voltamograms of commercial anatase powder deposited on an ITO substrate or on Eteck. After several attempts, I noticed that my cyclic...

23 February 2021 3,175 3 View