On a hot summers day, you can’t beat a big scoop of ice cream – favoured friend of the hot and sweaty, and of the heartbroken! Unless you can eat it pretty fast though, you’re going to experience a sad moment at some point when it starts melting everywhere. We might have a solution to this problem at last though!
Dr Arran Solomonsz recently headed out to the Malvern Hills in the UK for a “staycation” in the fresh, countryside air! How can we bring that back to the lab with us though?
It sounds ridiculous, of course, but chemist Anna-Lena Kjøniksen and her colleagues have made a cement from urea (major component of urine) and a faux lunar soil.
Dr Kerry Elgie talks us through the key maintenance which should be regularly carried out on your vacuum pump!
Having you resorted to carrying out “lab work” on your cooker in lockdown? Dr Mike Kenny shares his siphon coffee making system while he has withdrawal symptoms from being in the lab!
It’s #NationalAsparagusMonth and that means that our own Martyn Fordham will be explaining to our team (it’s an annual event!) that asparagus can give you unusually smelly urine!
Despite the short supply of flour and yeast, bread making that has been the big lock down phenomenon with sourdough bread taking the number one spot!
This month we’re really pleased to share two websites that we think are useful, fun, and informative for the next generation of scientists, and for those who want to encourage them! See more details from BÜCHI Labortechnik AG, and Croda International.
It’s often said that necessity breeds invention but on this occasion it has lead to our Managing Director, Martyn Fordham, turning his kitchen into a studio! View the first video to find out about our oil-free solution for performing parallel synthesis in round bottom flasks.
Asynt’s Dr Kerry Elgie shares a fantastic online tool: The Schlenk Line Survival Guide. Described as “Illustrative Guides to help you master air and moisture-sensitive chemistry”, it looks incredibly useful!
