Kathryn Gempf
Enthusiastic about encouraging interaction with science and research in original and comprehensive ways. This stems from a love of collaboration, problem-solving, creativity and a career in chemical sciences publishing.
PodcastSticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces by Laurie Winkless – Book club
Delving into the mysterious science of surfaces
ReviewSapiens – A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind
Reimagining Yuval Noah Harari’s bestseller as an approachable graphic novel
PodcastThe End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack – Book club
It’s the end times for our universe with five scenarios that of how it might meet its ultimate demise
ReviewFilm: Radioactive
Based on a graphic novel, this film is both a profile of Marie Curie and a celebration of her discovery, the phenomenon of radioactivity
PodcastTranscendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time by Gaia Vince – Book club
We discuss prize-winning author Gaia Vince’s new book Transcendence, and discover how collaboration made humans Earth’s most successful species
ReviewHot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science
A book on how one isotope transformed carbon dating, nuclear testing and oceanography
ReviewOrigins: How the Earth Made Us
Lewis Dartnell promises to show how the terrain around us shapes not only the physical space we live in but also the political, economical and evolutionary climates of who we are
ReviewHello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Mathematician Hannah Fry explores the power and limitations of the algorithms that surround us
ResearchRadical ion synthesis finally embraces green chemistry
Mechanochemical route to naphthalenediimide radical ions
ResearchMapping the mysteries of pervoskite solar cell hysteresis
Caught on camera: interfacial stabilisation observed causing hysteresis means mobile ion migration is off the hook
ReviewBeyond weird: why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different
Philip Ball sets himself the task of explaining quantum mechanics
ResearchA picture perfect power source
Researchers develop ultra-thin supercapacitors that can be printed onto paper
ResearchPink paper probe exposes formaldehyde
Simple test can find carcinogenic pollutant in liquids, air and even living cells
ResearchCrawling chemical system acts as if it’s alive
Intriguing globule that moves, eats and defecates
ResearchTest to tell if your mince is telling porkies
Metabolites offer a new way to check for ham in your hamburger