11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water

Posted on: May 14, 2018

Cape Town is in the shocking situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water.  I see regular posts on social media sites from friends in that area and this is very real. 

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Fighting for those who can’t

Posted on: May 14, 2018

As a huge Marvel fan (geek alert!) I was quite taken by the wording of the audio track over the new Infinity War trailer.  It talks about assembling these extraordinary individuals on behalf of the greater population, people who “….could fight the battles that they never could”.  Sounds like a lab to me!

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Asynt April Chemistry Newsletter

Posted on: April 10, 2018

It’s time for the Asynt April chemistry newsletter!  If you’re not signed up to receive this directly to your inbox then don’t panic – you can read it online here!

A year in the life of Asynt

Posted on: January 19, 2018

Here at Asynt HQ it already feels like 2018 is moving very quickly! There is a lot going on but I wanted to look back at 2017; an important year in Chemistry and for Asynt.

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The chemistry of strawberries

Posted on: August 21, 2017

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)!

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The sweet smell of Springtime!

Posted on: March 23, 2017

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.

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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 CryoSyn 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…

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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!