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A Night at the Lab: Thin Blood Smears

Here is something fun from work this week. We don't often get positive malaria smears, but they do happen. The key to reading malarial smears is knowing what is

The Amount of Work

Ever wonder how much workload a clinical lab at a good-sized hospital process in a month? Well, here's a partial look at those statistics. The numbers here only

Practical Microbiology: Processing AFB Cultures II

Some acronyms that could help you read this post: AFB = acid fast bacillus MGIT = mycobacteria growth indicator tubes And this post is a continuation of this one.

Why Future Space Travel could be more Romulan than Federation

In the fictional Star Trek universe most space-faring civilizations use matter-antimatter annihilation to power their spacecrafts. For 2020 A.D. Earth that is literally

Practical Microbiology: Processing AFB Cultures

AFB = acid fast bacilli          Processing acid fast bacilli cultures takes quite a bit of time. In fact, it usually occupies a third of my 10-hour shift. I often

#stemsunday Competition (STEM Miner giveaway)

Supporting Steemians on STEMGeeks! Hello STEMgeeks! @stem.curate is running a competition over the next week where you will be able to win 1 STEM miner token. This

Energy - Hydroelectric

Water is our life's blood. Our bodies thrive on it. Civilizations rise and fall from its use. Water also provides power. Ancient civilizations perfected methods

Trouble Brewing in the Lab

Well, this was an unexpected surprise from my department supervisor.          Without knowing anything, one could tell something terrible had happened. Our quality

Random Thought (Human Evolution)

Pixabay Image While doing some curating this morning for the @stem.curate account, I ran across an interesting article on the origins of the Human species here by

The Tools of the Trade: Chrome Agar

When I was in school going through my microbiology courses, it was hectic. Don't get me wrong, I loved those classes and my desire to do well was genuine. I remember

Turkey Tail: From The Woods To My Mug

In today's day and age you can practically buy just about any sort of plant/herbal/fungi medicine whether online or in stores. It's pretty common for folks to take

Another Night in the Lab

It was the first night back to work since part of my Christmas vacation. I only work until the coming Wednesday morning and I'm gone for another week. Lucky for

The Effectiveness of Small-Scale Anaerobic Digesters in Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions (VI)

Welcome to the #stemsunday edition of my anaerobic digester series, if you would like to see the introduction post please click here. Yet again a day late, sorry!

Get Warm Quick

You may have a good central heating system at home. Even then, there could be certain parts of the house that will not receive adequate heat. Yes, I am looking at

The Effectiveness of Small-Scale Anaerobic Digesters in Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions (V)

Welcome to the #stemsunday edition of my anaerobic digester series, if you would like to see the introduction post please click here. Yes I know it's a day late,

Accidents. They happen, you know?

Accidents happen in the laboratory. In fact, accidents happen in most, if not all, sectors of healthcare. Trust me, it's not fun dealing with them.          I recall

The Effectiveness of Small-Scale Anaerobic Digesters in Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions (IV)

Welcome to the #stemsunday edition of my anaerobic digester series, if you would like to see the introduction post please click here. Click here for Part II. Click

A Night in the Lab

Some Pixabay image          It's another night at the job when I received a phone call from the floor in regards to a test. For the record, I work in the microbiology

Frigido Riverside Walk - StemSunday

Hello Steemians! Nearby my home, there is the principal river of my province, the Frigido River. I often go there because there is a medium-long walk around the

Electric guitar pick-ups / I pick-up nelle chitarre elettriche

Electric guitar pick-ups Steemians friends well found for a new chapter #stemsunday on electric guitars. This time we talk about pickups, the magnets that