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The Chemistry of Ice Cream

Posted on: June 17, 2016

We haven’t managed to convince Martyn that an in-house ice cream manufacturing station with an Asynt liquid nitrogen generator is a reasonable staff facility, but we did find that the cooling DrySyn SnowStorm Reactor Kit is really wonderful at holding* several of these chilled treasures at a low temperature until we’re ready to eat! We might possibly need more space for sauces, toppings and proper ice cream cornets though…

World Baking Day and the chemistry behind the cakes

Posted on: May 16, 2016

With what seems to be a celebrated day of the year for every occasion it would be remiss of us to ignore World Baking Day on Tuesday 17th May but we’ll look at it from the Chemists viewpoint!

A trick for the next Bond movie?

Posted on: May 13, 2016

With new inventions needed for the next James Bond movie, the Israeli team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science might have just the thing!

A Japanese adventure

Posted on: May 10, 2016

Martyn Fordham recently visited Asynt and Uniqsis partners in Japan with some very useful findings relating to chemistry laboratories there and how things differ from our experiences in the UK. He also discovered just how bad he is at Karaoke!

The Asynt tea addicts!

Posted on: April 18, 2016

We look at how tea does great things – not just for the British!

Asynt in the USA

Posted on: April 12, 2016

Dr Arran Solomonsz recently took a trip to the USA to visit our partners, Quark Glass, and to attend the ACS in San Diego. He always managed to find some to try the best of any local cuisine though!

Up to Speed on Meldonium

Posted on: March 11, 2016

Dr Kerry Elgie recommends: Derek Lowe covers the scandal that hit the newspapers worldwide recently relating to tennis superstar, Maria Sharapova, and her use of a drug called Meldonium which has never been officially approved in the US or anywhere in Western Europe.

The chemistry of Game of Thrones

Posted on: March 11, 2016

I started thinking about the cult series “Game of Thrones” a little more; a mixture of little-known and world-renowned actors and actresses, stunning sets and costumes, an incredibly complex story line and, I realised, a whole heap of weird and wonderful chemistry!

The Science of Fluffy Pancakes!

Posted on: February 9, 2016

It seems like the whole world goes pancake mad once a year (or more often if you’re my daughter…) but we’ve taken a look at those lovely light, fluffy pancakes from the USA this year.