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We are excited to announce that the M2 Scientifics team is moving! Effective October 1st, 2020, we will be up and running at our new location in Allendale, Michigan. The move is a direct result of our continued growth and expansion of product and service offerings. Our new larger facility will accommodate the needs of our growing company while improving and expanding upon our capabilities. It will serve as the M2 Scientifics headquarters and features a much larger office area, warehouse and

Working in a lab, you may have had the responsibility at one point or another of procuring various bottles, containers, and other storage mediums for your team. While searching through endless variations of plastic lab supplies, you may see a myriad of acronyms, like HDPE and PET. With these options, it may be confusing trying to find the right container that will work for your lab’s applications. Trying to pronounce some of these plastics’ names is tough enough, let alone trying to understand t

Just like any other well-oiled machine, analytical balances require maintenance to ensure they are operating at peak performance and accuracy. Laboratories rely on equipment to produce repeatable, accurate and reliable results. As is the case with other lab equipment, analytical balances need to be kept clean and calibrated regularly at the very least. Preventative maintenance is highly recommended by expert service technicians but some measures can be taken on your own. We've seen balances that

Chemistry labs are a haven for all sorts of mishaps, but there are a few that happen more often than others. And according to a recent survey, 40 percent of researchers claimed to not have received any lab safety training whatsoever! So to spread awareness on this issue, we’re here to discuss the five most common lab accidents, how they occur, and what you can do as a lab manager to keep them from happening.Prevent These 5 Common Lab AccidentsHeat BurnsScientists often work around open flame, an

When choosing new safety gloves, the first thing that comes to mind is how they fit. Although we think about this most often in terms of if they’re a good fit on our hands, you also need to know whether they will work for the situation in which you will be using them. Although all safety gloves are designed to protect the wearer’s hands from injury, not all of them can protect them from all types of hazards. In fact, even though wearing safety gloves could have prevented the majority of hand inj