Get your bake on!
Posted on: September 18, 2020
We get mixing and baking in preparation for the Great British Bake Off 2020 and try and remember not to lick the spoon! Continue reading
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Nobel Prize announcements – not long now!
Posted on: September 14, 2020
The Nobel Prize Announcements are on the horizon and we wait with baited breath to see who will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday 7th October 2020. Continue reading
#AsyntShades for your best summer look!
Posted on: August 24, 2020
We look at the chemistry of sunglasses and give you the opportunity to get your hands on your very own pair of #AsyntShades! Continue reading
Non-drip ice cream gets our vote for summer!
Posted on: August 24, 2020
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! Continue reading
A breath of fresh air!
Posted on: August 4, 2020
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? Continue reading
Astronauts may be able to make cement using their own urine!
Posted on: July 21, 2020
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. Continue reading
Respect Your Vacuum Pump – A Little Care Goes A Long Way!
Posted on: July 20, 2020
Dr Kerry Elgie talks us through the key maintenance which should be regularly carried out on your vacuum pump! Continue reading
You can take the chemist out of the lab but…
Posted on: June 25, 2020
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! Continue reading
What is that SMELL?
Posted on: May 18, 2020
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! Continue reading
Have you joined the sour crowd?
Posted on: May 18, 2020
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! Continue reading
