Glass beads offer simple solution to dispensing tiny amounts of solids
By 
Nina Notman2019-04-09T14:30:00
Frustration drove chemists to overcome engineering challenge slowing high-throughput reaction screening set-ups
Glass beads coated in chemicals offer a simple and cheap way to overcome the problems of dispensing miniscule amounts of reagents needed for high-throughput screens. The new technique was developed by scientists at US biopharmaceutical AbbVie and it can be used to easily measure out milligrams of reagents with plastic scoops.