BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 9 months agoDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down10
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkDecades of research destroyed after freezer fails at Swedish universitywww.theguardian.comBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Science@beehaw.org · 9 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareNoLifeKing@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoHow can all 16 fail at once and how can nobody notice before its to late?
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoMaybe a janitor turned off power to the whole lab to stop the irritating alarms… no, wait, I think that was a different case.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-29 months agoYep https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoEverybody was out of town for Christmas.
minus-square0xtero@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoMore likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-29 months agoIronically, firing the non-essential janitor would have prevented the last incident of this type https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
minus-squarepapabobolious@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoBecause they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.
Well, 16 cryogenic tanks.
How can all 16 fail at once and how can nobody notice before its to late?
Maybe a janitor turned off power to the whole lab to stop the irritating alarms… no, wait, I think that was a different case.
This happened?!?
Yep
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
Omg
Everybody was out of town for Christmas.
More likely, they were saving costs and fired the non-essential janitor who turned out to be totally fucking essential
Ironically, firing the non-essential janitor would have prevented the last incident of this type
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
Most likely that.
Because they were home for Christmas. Of course they should have better monitoring, but that is why.