Green Thumb, Neutral Soil: Testing Soil pH
Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With healthy soil pH; didn’t you know!? The pH of soil can vary from region to region, and it affects plant’s ability to absorb nutrients. A [...]
Halloween Candy Glucose Experiment
What’s better than dressing up as just about anything and getting free candy? A science experiment of course! Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of candy to spare a few for a fun educational investigation. In [...]
How do I read the results of 3-pad pH test strips?
"I purchased the 3-pad pH test strips, and I'm not quite sure how to read the results. Why are there different colors for each pad? I don't know what each color means. Could you please educate [...]
Microbes on Your Moola
Yes, it’s that time again. Time for us to tell you how dirty and germ-infested everyday objects are. But today, we’re not just talking about an ordinary object. We’re talking about that which makes the [...]
Sour Beer: The Bugs Behind the Taste
Sour ales have become an increasingly popular trend in homebrewing and craft beers recently. When we found out the taste is achieved by using certain wild yeasts and bacteria, our ears perked up. Of course [...]
Homebrewing Yeast Guide
We’ve spent some time writing about acidity in brewing and testing mash pH, but we haven’t touched on another aspect of brewing that interests us: the bugs! Different varieties of yeast are used for certain [...]
Tech Talk with Diagnostics Direct: Hotel Disinfection
Diagnostics Direct has been providing quality medical and institutional supplies at competitive prices for over 14 years. They supply a variety of products including personal protection, medical supplies, janitorial supplies, disinfectants, and of course, test [...]
Sushi Rice pH: What’s Safe?
Sushi is best made with rice slightly warmer than room temperature, so it’s not uncommon to see sushi rice held in the “danger zone” for several hours. Health departments have been cracking down on testing [...]
Tech Talk with LaMotte: BioPaddle Microbe Hunter Activities
In the last couple weeks, we’ve been blown away by LaMotte’s creative kits and apps for use with dipslides. But of course, they’re working on yet another line of activity kits to continue to enhance [...]
Tech Talk with LaMotte: BioPaddles Apps
Last week, we shared LaMotte’s BioPaddle Water Quality Kits, and we mentioned that every BioPaddle kit comes with a free app and the option to purchase the extended version. The apps are so cool they [...]