Autoclaves from Benchmark Scientific feature complete, automated sterilization in a small footprint. Pictured above are the BioClave 16 with 16 liters of chamber volume and the BioClave Mini with 8 liters of chamber volume. Extremely compact. Fully automatic - runs with the push of a button.
Most Western nations were heavily involved in the First and Second World Wars and protracted Cold War. World War II saw Fascism defeated in Europe, and the emergence of the United States and Soviet Union as rival global powers and a new East-West political contrast.
The Comecon was the Eastern Bloc's reply to the formation of the Organization for European Economic Co-operation in non-communist Europe. The descriptive term was often applied to all multilateral activities involving members of the organization, rather than being restricted to the direct functions of Comecon and its organs.