Daffodils used in pharmacy

What have daffodils got to do with Sir Terry Pratchett?

Posted on: March 16, 2015

We investigated some seasonal chemistry and discovered what pharmaceutical treasure can be found in the golden yellow of the common daffodil including treatments for early stage Alzheimer’s Disease; the condition which English writer, Sir Terry Pratchett, lost his battle with this week.

WIN with #AsyntEggs

Posted on: March 9, 2015

All you need to do to be in with a chance is to tweet us @Asynt and include #AsyntEggs with your guess at how many individual items there are in this massive 5L DrySyn SuperMAXI heating block!

Asynt making pancakes on a hotplate

English pancakes and stirrer hotplates

Posted on: February 16, 2015

Any excuse for nice food in the office – today we celebrate pancake day and put our hotplate stirrer to an alternative use!

Happy Anniversary!

Posted on: February 16, 2015

Celebrating ten years with Asynt, we thank Dr Kerry Elgie on this anniversary for her energy and commitment for both us and our customers!

Asynt team visit Huber January 2015

Join the Asynt team in Germany!

Posted on: February 4, 2015

Join in the whistle-stop tour of our recent visit to Germany, thanks to our gracious hosts at both Huber and IKA!

Asynt Non-Ducted Fume Cupboards

Posted on: January 26, 2015

Asynt announces a new range of high quality, non-ducted fume cupboards designed to sit on a standard laboratory bench.

Chemistry versus ice

Posted on: January 20, 2015

With temperatures outside my home at minus 4 degrees C this morning I was prompted to take a look around the internet and see if there are any simple chemistry tricks for battling the ice.

Sir Martyn Poliakoff

Blogging chemists and knighthoods

Posted on: January 16, 2015

From Martyn Poliakoff’s well deserved knighthood to video blogging on “is marmite an emulsion” – thanks to the world wide web there’s a chemistry blog for everyone!