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Katrina Krämer

After finishing my A-levels, I wanted to study arts or languages, but then decided that being a chemist in a white coat was definitely cooler.

So I went on and spent ten years studying chemistry in Germany, Spain and the UK, before realising that not working in a lab can also be fun. After one year in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s graduate trainee scheme, I joined Chemistry World first as editorial assistant and now as science correspondent.

My favourite CAS number is 102-54-5.

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Podcast
Book Club – Ingredients by George Zaidan
2020-04-01T09:30:00
We discuss George Zaidan’s Ingredients, a book that promises to make chemistry more fun than Hogwarts
Research
New type of bond is the first to defy actinide contraction trend
2020-03-30T09:30:00
Bonds discovered in metallacycles are unique to the 5f elements
Research
Engineered neurons synthesise their own conductive polymer coating
2020-03-25T08:45:00
Cell-specific electric stimulation could help be used with bioelectronic prostheses or treat diseases like epilepsy
Research
Mechanical protecting group shields molecules from stress and strain
2020-03-24T15:25:00
Catenane makes force-activated molecules more resistant mechanical bond breaking
Article
Predatory journals’ reviewers mostly junior researchers from developing countries
2020-03-19T14:30:00
The few scientists conducting peer review for predatory publishers are often of young academic age and come from lower-income regions
News
Coronavirus fears see ACS Philadelphia cancelled with other big science conferences hit
2020-03-12T10:14:00
International scientific gatherings are being postponed or cancelled in attempt to stop Covid-19’s spread
Research
Iron rain every evening on ultra-hot giant exoplanet
2020-03-12T09:30:00
Spectral data shows iron condensing on planet’s nightside
Research
Cheating bacterium becomes antibiotic-tolerant at expense of other species
2020-03-10T14:29:00
Coexistence triggers counterintuitive antibiotics response in bacteria, which could be used to tackle hardy species
Research
A whole new world for barium, including first ever non-ionic barium fluoride
2020-03-09T14:27:00
Ligand tames barium, making precursor to first barium–tin and first molecular barium–fluorine bond
Research
Metallic trihydrogen oxide could explain ice giants’ strange magnetic fields
2020-03-09T09:30:00
Compound stable under extreme conditions might be source of Uranus’ and Neptune’s enigmatic magnetosphere
Research
First three-component artificial immune system made of DNA-studded gold nanomachines
2020-03-03T10:14:00
DNA machines could interface with biological systems to make intelligent medicines
Research
Prozac and methamphetamine likely responsible for toxins in tap water
2020-03-02T09:30:00
Antidepressant and stimulant amine drugs are potential precursors for some of the most toxic compounds formed during water disinfection
Podcast
Book Club – Say Why to Drugs by Suzi Gage
2020-03-02T09:30:00
We discuss Suzi Gage’s comprehensive look at the science behind recreational drugs – from caffeine to ketamine
Podcast
Leptin
2020-02-28T11:10:00
Rotund rodents revolutionised our understanding of the biological role of fat. Now, as Katrina Krämer discovers, the hormones created by fats could redefine obesity
Opinion
Neil Garg: ‘My brain is always turning’
2020-02-28T10:02:00
The synthetic chemist and communicator on parenting and putting on a show
Research
Uranium and thorium make their debut in dual aromatic–antiaromatic molecule
2020-02-27T09:32:00
First two metallabiphenylene compounds synthesised
Research
First colour-changing crystal glow could make for safer banknotes
2020-02-25T14:30:00
New type of blue-to-orange luminescence discovered in organic material
Research
Four-leaf clover molecule with metal centre is first in a new family of aromatics
2020-02-13T14:30:00
First molecule made of four fused aromatic rings around an osmium atom
Opinion
Theodora Greene’s protecting groups
2020-02-11T09:35:00
Katrina Krämer uncovers the woman behind the book on every organic chemist’s shelf
Opinion
Shankar Balasubramanian: ‘All chemists can cook, right?’
2020-02-07T10:10:00
The sequencing pioneer on endurance, creativity and an unexpected question from Prince William

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