Articles from July 2012



Five a day

Keep your mind healthy too Are you getting your five-a-day? No, I am not actually concerned about your fruit and vegetable intake – important as that is (he says smugly, confident in the knowledge that he is closer to ten-a-day). I’m not talking about you cutting down on your filthy nicotine habit either! No, I [...]

Microwave Chemistry for all!

It was the first bit of laboratory equipment that we had ever purchased by popping into the car and driving to the local ‘electrical’ shop. Certainly the first piece of equipment we bought from our own pockets because it was on sale that week and this way was quicker than filling out a purchase order. [...]