test-tube

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It comprised a brick-coloured concoction bubbling away in a test tube.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

There are levels to the game, and on some levels, you don’t see the colors of the marbles that are farther down in the test tube until they are accessible.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024

Daniel Perez, an influenza researcher at the University of Georgia, is doing his own test tube study of pasteurization of milk spiked with a different avian influenza virus.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2024

They reconstructed many of these modifications in a test tube and carried out experiments to study how they interact with the proteins in our cells, using a combination of sophisticated biochemical and mass spectrometric methods.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

It was fascinating to think about all the things you could learn there: Galileo’s acceleration experiment, the dissection of rabbits, and making materials change state in a test tube.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang