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What else beside scales would be useful for preparing fluorescent microscopy stains such as FDA?

Admin August 13, 2026 No Comments

For preparing small quantities of fluorescein diacetate (FDA), I’d get a few inexpensive laboratory consumables. You don’t need elaborate equipment. For your particular setup, I’d start with micro-spatula + weighing…

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What is a good choice for laboratory scales for microscopy?

Admin August 13, 2026 No Comments

Yes — a good used laboratory balance from eBay can be an excellent choice, particularly compared with inexpensive new “milligram” pocket scales. For weighing 50 mg (0.050 g) of fluorescein…

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Most appropriate fluorescent stain when aim is to stain particular structures in cells.

Admin August 13, 2026 No Comments

Certainly. If you’re experimenting with fluorescence microscopy, I’d choose the stain according to what you want to see rather than buying fluorescein disodium first. What you want to examine Good…

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How do you check rubidium source gets rubidium lock?

Admin August 12, 2026 No Comments

For a rubidium frequency standard, there are usually two separate things to check: On most rubidium modules, the best indication is a dedicated LOCK / UNLOCK / STATUS output. After…

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How to set manual focus on the Olympus OM5 four-thirds camera

Admin August 9, 2026 No Comments

On the Olympus/OM System OM-5 you can set it to manual focus (MF). The simplest way: You can also make manual focusing much easier by enabling Focus Peaking, which highlights…

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How to set exposure compensation on Olympus OM5 camera

Admin August 9, 2026 No Comments

It’s called exposure compensation. For example: On your OM-5, you’ll normally see it displayed as ± EV, with a scale such as –3 … 0 … +3. If you’re trying…

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Using Wilkinson Power Divider/Combiner in Radio Interferometry

Admin August 8, 2026 No Comments

Hi Andy, The Wilkinson Power Divider/Combiner is a primary component in the adding (or subtracting) and phase switched interferometers. It combines the signals (and noise) from two antennas and implements…

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I have the £20 monthly subscription to ChatGPT. I notice new tariff available £7 per month. What is difference?

Admin August 7, 2026 No Comments

Yes. The cheaper plan you’re seeing is ChatGPT Go. OpenAI currently lists Go at $8/month in the US, with localized pricing in some countries—which is presumably why you’re seeing about…

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40 foot radio telescope at Green Bank Observatory – Andrew acting as hot object

Admin August 6, 2026 No Comments

I stood on a chair in front of 40 foot RT and got on and off the chair and it showed up on the old-style pen and paper recorder used…

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Photos from Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) Eastern Conference August 2026

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Would a monopole work on hydrogen horn if added on back panel of waveguide coming straight into horn rather than from side of waveguide?

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