Research goes flat :The Scientist [2007-02-01]


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Research goes flat Alex Schreiber, research associate at the Carnegie Institution of Washington embryology department, says he's into doing "simple experiments if at all possible." When your research subjects demand hundreds of pounds of salt, thousands of gallons of water, and dozens of 10-gallon containers of what he calls "concentrated salt water," essentially what's left when you remove both