Those of us in the office here at Asynt HQ that adore the warmer weather have been determined to embrace what little summer we’re experiencing though, and there have been fresh strawberries eaten by the punnet load (or from the handy and rather elegant DrySyn MULTI kit, as the case may be)!
Sharing the topical update from the BBC with the new breakthrough for ultra strong antibiotics as shared by Dr Arran Solomonsz!
Dr Arran Solomonsz couldn’t resist sharing this tweet by @CompoundChem via @RoyGoodacre that puts the common cabbage to work in the lab!
Whilst watching Baby Groot dance to “Mr Blue Sky” melted my heart I was more intrigued by the possible integration of reality into sci-fi magic and looked a little closer!
We look at how science plays its part in the new £1 coin which is supposedly the most secure coin in the world!
Despite my lack of laboratory experience or chemistry knowledge (unlike our amazing sales team) I often get curious about the relative chemistry for the time of year and any big events on the calendar and with the sweet smell of flowers starting to tease my nose I wanted to find out why each blooms scent is so different.
We could tell you that this was a great opportunity to show off the amazing Asynt hotplate kit and tell you about the three separate safety circuits with a cut off at 360oC, fine control with the contact thermometer, and all the accessories that are included but really this was all about the pancakes!
Here at Asynt we are proud to be working alongside scientists at the Cambridge Drug Discovery Institute, providing the necessary equipment to aide their ground-breaking research. Find out more about what Dr Steve Andrews has been working on in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK).
We share our favourite tweet of the week that’s made us hungry!
“Cooking is a science and an art, and the man who puts all his heart into satisfying his fellow man deserves consideration” Auguste Escoffier 1846 – 1935. Dr Kerry Elgie takes us through her chemistry journey into cooking!
