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Are These Petri Dishes Coughed On With and Without a Mask? This visual aid did not involve a person with COVID-19. Dan Evon Published May 28, 2020 Updated June 30, 2020. Image ...

While CAPP's Petri dishes and plates come at an accessible price point, they are far from lacking in valuable features. Their superior quality renders them perfectly suited for all laboratory and ...

The baby and the petri dish A discussion with Andrew Wilkow about that "trick question" on abortion. By Tim Grieve. Published March 8, 2006 9:44PM (EST) --Shares. Facebook. Twitter. Reddit.

Petri joined Koch's lab at Germany's Imperial Health Office in 1877, and shortly after that he came up with a decent substitute for potatoes: a round, shallow glass dish with a lid.

In 1887, Julius Petri invented a simple pair of nesting glass dishes, ideal for keeping specimens of growing bacteria sterile--the 'Petri dish.' Science historian Howard Markel recounts the ...

The Petri Dish Is Taken To New Dimensions Date: September 22, 2007 Source: Brown University Summary: Biomedical engineers have created a new method for growing cells in three dimensions rather ...

All the works fit into a standard-size petri dish (about four inches in diameter), although some strain against the edges. Many riff on scientific themes, if not necessarily biological ones.

Nonetheless, the Petri dish got its name not from any tree but instead from Julius Richard Petri, a German bacteriologist credited with inventing in 1887 this dish-ish container.

Scientists use microbes such as germs and bacteria to make art for the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art Challenge.

Scientists use microbes such as germs and bacteria to make art for the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art Challenge.