Biotech Basics: Pipetting

What are pipettes?  Pipettes are a large group of laboratory tools that scientists use to measure and manipulate liquids.  The simplest pipettes closely resemble eye droppers with squeezable bulbs. These are known as Pasteur pipettes after their inventor Louis Pasteur.…

Biotech Basics: Accuracy and Precision in Measurements (and a #SciArt Project!)

  What is the difference between accuracy and precision? Accuracy describes how close a measurement is to the true value of a given quantity.  Precision describes the reproducibility of the measurement. Accordingly, measurements can be categorized as follows: Neither accurate…