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SUCCESS STORY Hazardous Materials Compliance PROBLEM A world-renowned cancer treatment and research center must meet new regulatory requirements without imposing an additional burden on its research community. SOLUTION The center engaged VWRCATALY...

1 All About Elements: Carbon http://wardsci.com https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About… Carbon 1. Graphine an allotrope of carbon is the strongest thinnest and best conductor of heat known to man. It was created b...

1 All About Elements: Carbon http://wardsci.com https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About… Carbon 1. Graphine an allotrope of carbon is the strongest thinnest and best conductor of heat known to man. It was created b...

1 All About Elements: Helium https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About…Helium 1. Helium is the second most abundant ele- ment after hydrogen in the universe and solar system. Approximately 11.3% of all atoms in the u...

1 All About Elements: Helium https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About…Helium 1. Helium is the second most abundant ele- ment after hydrogen in the universe and solar system. Approximately 11.3% of all atoms in the u...

CHALLENGE A top 25 biopharmaceutical company was using various external contract research organizations (CROs) to conduct GLP studies in order to support product development and new drug candidate submissions. After over 15 years of conducting the...

Manufacturing CUSTOM CHEMICALS AND SERVICES SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES FOR HUMAN HEALTH VWR Custom Manufacturing Services2 VWR enables the advancement of science by providing high-quality chemicals and services customized to your product or ma...

Bad reactions to latex gloves? PROTECT YOURSELF Protect yourself from Type I allergies. Introduction Occasionally wearing glove products can cause issues with the health of our skin. This predominantly manifests itself in the form of skin allergie...

Ward’s Science Tel: (866) 260-0501 47    2 The Science Teacher Science Facilities by Design Sandra S. West Lamoine L. Motz and James T. Biehle 3 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). 2007. NSTA Position Statement: Liability of Science E...

TECHNICAL BULLETIN “Pipetting error” is a phrase that is commonly heard in research laboratories. When preparing reagents and master mixes pipetting error is accommodated for. What is not typically discussed or published are the causes and ramific...

TECHNICAL BULLETIN “Pipetting error” is a phrase that is commonly heard in research laboratories. When preparing reagent cocktails pipetting error is accommodated for. What is not typically discussed or published are the causes and ramifications o...

TECHNICAL NOTE Can a pipette tip really improve your results? Traditional pipette tips can have several issues that compromise results including: nonspecific binding of sample to the pipette tip droplet formation and poor fit. Engineers at Biotix ...

continued on next page Problem A large non-profi t medical research organization needed to move its primary shipping and receiving operation to an off-site location when the on-site lease was due to expire. Moving an operation of such size would r...

1 All About Elements: Oxygen http://wardsci.com https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About… Oxygen 1. Oxygen constitutes 21% of our atmosphere nearly half the mass of the earth’s crust and about two thirds of the huma...

1 All About Elements: Fluorine http://wardsci.com https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 Ward’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an esse...

continued on next page Problem The pace of research is accelerating. New aggressive discovery timelines mean that scientists face increasing pressure to deliver results quickly. As part of continuous innovation efforts a team at one of VWRCATALYST...