at a previous lab we had “PCR amulets” (little plastic animals)
the failure rate was SIGNIFICANTLY higher when you used a machine without placing a plastic animal on it
i kept threatening to cut one open to see if it had a magnet inside and my supervisor warned me that a grad student might cut me open if I damaged any of the animal amulets lmao
at a previous lab we had “PCR amulets” (little plastic animals)
the failure rate was SIGNIFICANTLY higher when you used a machine without placing a plastic animal on it
i kept threatening to cut one open to see if it had a magnet inside and my supervisor warned me that a grad student might cut me open if I damaged any of the animal amulets lmao
You do not mess with the juju
IDK if they make our equipment run better, but productivity skyrocketed, almost as if employees that aren’t completely miserable work better.
You can get magnetic field viewing film which would make checking for magnetism easy without harming the plastic animal
or you know… use a magnet.