Powers Scientific Inc.

10/18/2022

Congratulations to the Warrington Rotary for their successful co****le fundraiser. Support from local businesses is the key and our company was proud to help out. All proceeds go to help the club fund charities that make a difference in the lives of local people.

03/30/2022

03/30/2022

03/28/2022

We are currently experiences outages with our website and email provider. In the meantime, please contact us at 800-998-0500 if you need assistance with anything.

06/04/2020

Scientists at Cornell have developed a new technique to image brain activity in zebrafish using lasers. We have a new blog on our website talking about the work and how our refrigerated incubators can be used for zebrafish research.

Cornell scientists have developed a new way to image zebrafish brains. We talk about the study and how our refrigerated incubators help with zebrafish research.

03/31/2020

Scientists are searching for genes that affect longevity of animals. In a new blog on our website we talk about new research being done in C. elegans involving disabling a gene known to be related to longevity and fertility.

Scientists are testing the function of genes related to longevity in C. elegans. We discuss the tests and how our incubators can help with C. elegans research.

03/17/2020

During the COVID-19 crisis, we are answering phones and taking care of business. The factory can still get most parts out same day, if ordered before 1:30 pm EST. Call 800-998-0500 to reach us. Be well!

12/13/2019

According to the World Health Organization, mosquito-borne infections result in over 700,000 deaths annually. To help curb this huge burden on public health, scientists have been searching for better ways to manage mosquito populations to inhibit the spread of disease. A new approach to control mosquitos surfaced this year: disrupting proteins essential in egg formation to make the eggs collapse. A new blog on our website talks about the research and how our insect chambers can help with similar research.

10/21/2019

How long ago did sleep evolve? Previous estimates had sleep-like states first originating in animals ~300 million years ago. However, new research with zebrafish adjusts that estimate all the way back to ~450 million years ago. We have a new blog on our website that discusses what they found and how our refrigerated incubators can be used for research like this.

How long ago did sleep evolve? We talk about new research in zebrafish on the origins of sleep and how our refrigerated incubators can help with these studies.

10/14/2019

We're at the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science this week with information about our rodent incubators. Our chambers offer a temperature and light-controlled environment for rodent studies such as circadian and high/low temperature studies. For more info, check out our page at https://powersscientific.com/rodent-incubators/

07/25/2019

Ultrasound has been used as a medical diagnostic tool for over 50 years, but now scientists are starting to look at ultrasound stimulation as a potential treatment method for arthritis. 2 recent studies have looked at using ultrasound stimulation of the spleen to generate a response from the immune system. We have a new blog post on our website that talks about these techniques and how our rodent incubators can help with similar research.

Scientists are experimenting using ultrasound to treat arthritis in mice. We talk about the research and how our rodent incubators can help with similar work.

06/19/2019

Our website is currently experiencing technical difficulties. We are investigating those issues, and hope for the site to be back up and running in the next few days. In the meantime, if you would like to contact us, please use the contact info below. We apologize for the inconvenience!

(800) 998-0500
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06/14/2019

Could life in the early solar system have been moved from planet to planet, carried by rocks blasted into space by volcanic eruptions or asteroid impacts? That's the idea behind the theory of ballistic panspermia, and over the last several decades scientists have been testing the plausibility this scenario. A new blog post on our website talks about new research with C. elegans: finding out if the worms can survive the massive g-forces associated with being flung into space.

New research on C. elegans tests how much g-force they can handle. We discuss the research and how our refrigerated incubators can apply to similar studies.

05/31/2019

Our office has been hampered by lack of internet connectivity for 2 days. Please bear with us!

On Thursday, residents around Doylestown spent the day cleaning following two days of severe weather that moved through the borough.

04/18/2019

Usher syndrome is a genetic disease that is the leading cause of deafblindness. The disease does not have a cure and is largely untreatable except with cochlear implants. However, researchers at several institutions in Boston have made strides in using gene therapy to restore hearing in mice. We talk about the research in a new blog post on our website.

Scientists use gene therapy to treat Usher syndrome in mice. We talk about the study and how our rodent chambers can help.

12/20/2018

Malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases threaten over half of the world population. One of the ways scientists are looking to use to control the spread of the disease involved genetic engineering. A new blog on our website talks about gene drives and how researchers are testing them in a effort to render certain mosquito species sterile in lab experiments.

Scientists are looking to use gene drives in mosquitos to fight disease transmission. We talk about a study and how our insect chambers can help with research.

11/06/2018

CRISPR/Cas9 has rapidly accelerated the progression of gene editing techniques in the last 5 years. Now, new techniques are re-purposing the Cas9 enzyme for functions other than cutting DNA. We have a new blog post on our website talking about new efforts to use Cas9 to activate mouse genes on demand, and how our rodent incubators can help with similar mouse research.

Scientists are working with new variants of CRISPR/Cas9 to activate genes. We discuss a new study and how our rodent incubators can help with similar research.

09/27/2018

Scientists have found fungi growing on wood buildings in Antarctica that were left behind by early twentieth century explorers. A recent article talks about the compounds that scientists have found in the fungi. We have a new blog on our website that talks about follow-up studies in zebrafish and mice, and how our refrigerated incubators and rodent chambers can help with similar studies.

Discussing research in zebrafish and mice with new chemicals found from fungi in Antarctica, and how our refrigerated incubators and rodent chambers can help.