Quality Carbon Filters Optimize Fume Hood Performance
A ductless fume hood is a self-contained laboratory enclosure that passes contaminated air through filters before returning the air directly to the laboratory. Ductless fume hoods are designed to be installed almost anywhere in a facility and offer a range of benefits that permit research, manufacturing and processing functions to proceed with safety and efficiency. […]
Laboratory Chemical Storage: Dos and Don’ts
Fume hoods can be categorized into two main types – ducted and ductless. Traditional ducted fume hoods are connected to existing facility ductwork, pull contaminated air through the hood, and direct it outside the facility. Ducted fume hoods can be filtered or unfiltered depending on the design and application. Ductless fume hoods contain filters that […]
Ensuring Laboratory Safety Through Proper Chemical Storage
When storing chemicals in the lab, it’s important to ensure proper guidelines are followed. This helps keep your lab running smoothly and ensures the safety of personnel and the environment. Chemical Storage Dos In addition to ensuring chemicals are properly labeled, container contents, hazard/precautionary statement, manufacturer information, and keeping a comprehensive chemical inventory, there are […]
Our Commitment to Compliance with the Highest Measures of Safety
As experts on ductless filtration, we recognized an acute need for reproducibility and safety in the scientific, pharmaceutical, forensic, and manufacturing communities. From product development to the units themselves, Air Science® ductless fume hoods and laboratory filtration products are typically built to comply with industry standards, best practices and compliance criteria for safety and performance. […]
Understanding Ductless Fume Hood Compliance and Safety Standards
When the time comes to purchase new ductless fume hoods, it’s good to start with a reputable company with a history of happy customers. In addition, professional peers can often provide good word of mouth regarding the brands they recommend for user-friendliness and convenient features. Yet, it’s important to go a little further to ensure […]
Asbestos and Microscope Containment Enclosures
Air Science® offers a selection of ductless products that are suitable for laboratory microscopy and asbestos containment procedures. Ductless Microscope Enclosures Microscopy procedures often include work with hazardous materials, such as vapor or particulate emissions. Our range of microscope enclosures can be fitted with HEPA or ULPA filtration for particulate protection during applications like asbestos […]
Protecting Yeast Propagations and Improving Consistency
The air we breathe contains a diverse community of microorganisms. This atmospheric microbiome includes countless varieties of bacteria, viruses, particulates, aerosols, and fungi. The fungus kingdom is one of the widest scientific kingdoms and includes approximately 120,000 species of mushrooms, 100,000 mold species, and at least 1,500 species of yeasts. For the most part, airborne […]
Creating Flavorful Mushrooms with Safety in Mind
Humans have foraged mushrooms for thousands of years. While it’s true that some are poisonous, edible mushrooms are packed with health benefits. Some gourmet species, in particular, have health benefits that are studied used in drug discovery research and development. For example, Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) contain a type of sugar molecule called lentinan that […]
The Science Behind Gourmet Mushroom Farming
Mushrooms are part of one of the widest scientific kingdoms – fungi. Though only approximately 120,000 species have been described so far, recent reports estimate between 2.2 and 3.8 million species exist.1 Out of all the known mushroom genera, only around 250 are significantly poisonous.2 Though the majority of mushrooms are edible, they don’t all […]
Collecting the Perfect Print
Latent Fingerprint Development Methods In dusting, fingerprint powder brushed onto the surface adheres to the oils of latent prints so they can be viewed and collected for examination. One of the big benefits of dusting for prints is the thought that it can be conducted directly in the field at the crime scene. There are, […]