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Thanks to Jordan M. one of our summer interns from Mckinley Technology High School for writing this guest post. Making bacteria slides is messy but can be fun! Imagine seeing all the tiny bacteria that grows that nobody gets to…
The term STEAM may be only a decade old but the powerful chemistry of science and art goes way back. Here are two of our favorite examples that we came across while preparing our latest STEAM kit Living Art. In…
PCR exponentially amplifies copies of a DNA sequence. It’s great at producing more DNA for subsequent analysis. For example PCR combined with gel electrophoresis can tell us whether a particular loci is present or absent (Figure 1). It’s also somewhat…
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Take a break and read about horizontal gene transfer in the ultimate survivor - the moss piglet. (After all cramming is a little like genetic transformation.) Recently, tardigrades (known by some as moss piglets and others as water bears) have…
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