When Berkeley Lab scientists descend into one of the most toxic places on Earth to find out what’s alive in the poisonous pink slime of California’s Iron Mountain Mine, one of the newest pieces of equipment they carry is a bird-like contraption dubbed the Portable Cryo-Plunger. No, it’s not plumber’s helper for unclogging frozen drains. It is a simple yet ingenious device for flash-freezing microbes destined for a look in an electron microscope. More>
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