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July 18, 2014

Bubble wrap serves as sheet of tiny test tubes in resource-limited regions
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2014
Popping the blisters on the bubble wrap might be the most enjoyable thing about moving. But now, scientists propose a more productive way to reuse the popular packing material - as a sheet of small, test tube-like containers for medical and environmental samples. Their report, which shows that analyses can take place right in the bubbles, appears in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry. George Whitesides and colleagues explain that although bubble wrap filled with biological samples, like bl ... read more

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