Putting Spring in your Research
Well, you could listen to the birdsong, absent for so many months, or to the monumental bore who insists on instructing you (despite your cavernous yawns) that Spring has arrived [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Q-teach Packages for Biology Laboratory Education (not boring)
As profs in the teaching lab, we've all had that experience - the cerebral student from the University Chess Team complaining that experiments lack intellectual challenge. And if, like me, [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Three Degrees Means Toast!
The Climate Crisis and Environmental Monitoring On November 20th, the United Nations annual Emissions Gap Report stated that the world faces between 2.5C (4.5F) and 2.9C (5.2F) of warming above [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Agronomy, Crop, and Soil Science
From the CEO Given Qubit's long history in providing research equipment to agronomists and soil scientists, it would be a cardinal sin if we were not to exhibit at the [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
International Day of Peace
From the CEO On the United Nations International Day of Peace, and especially after watching the terrifying Oppenheimer movie, I was pondering to what extent, if any, Qubit Systems contributes [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Photobiology and the Nobel Peas Prize
From the CEO A number of years ago, a former student of mine came to me in a state of high excitement stating that his Pisum plants were photosynthesising in [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Peeing on a plant – is that teaching biology?
Few Words from the CEO Several years ago, I was given the job of teaching Biology 101. There were 1200 university students in my class, all of whom had to [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
World Ocean Day June 8th, 2023
Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, and about 15% of the world's species live in the oceans. Today, June 8th, is World Ocean Day, a concept [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Advances in Respirometry
At Qubit Systems our aim has always been to provide the best quality research equipment at the most affordable prices. As much as possible we try to ensure that budgetary [...]
by Monika Kuzma 
Earth, Water, Fire and Air, Celebrating Earth Day 2023
The ancient Greeks believed that matter consists of four elements: Earth, Water, Fire and Air. As Earth Day approaches on Saturday April 22nd, Qubit Systems reflects on how our instruments [...]
by Monika Kuzma