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.
NewsStudy claiming gene-edited babies were more likely to die young was wrong
Database bias introduced major error in a now retracted study on Crispr babies’ mortality
- News
Structures in more than 150 papers may be wrong thanks to NMR coding glitch
Chemical shift-calculating bug casts doubt on studies ranging from natural product discovery to biosynthesis
- Feature
The lithium pioneers
Katrina Krämer traces the full story of how lithium-ion batteries won the 2019 Nobel prize
- Opinion
Donna Blackmond: ‘I often get my best ideas in the middle of the night’
The chirality expert on late-night notes and Harrius Potter
- News
Chemistry Nobel prize ‘finally’ goes to developers of lithium-ion batteries
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino rewarded for revolutionising the storage of energy and helping to usher in the microelectronics age
- News
Medicine Nobel prize rewards discovery of cells’ oxygen sensing machinery
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win prize for unravelling how cells sense and adapt to the life-sustaining gas
- News
Fact checkers take up the fight against fake science on Facebook
Facebook teams up with fact checkers to tackle its science misinformation problem – but is it working?
- Research
First synthesis of unusual natural product could revive forgotten eco-friendly insecticide class
16-step synthesis of rare diterpene could reveal new ways to control insecticide-resistant pests
- News
Inspired guesswork goes up against number crunching for Nobel predictions
Analysis of highly cited papers favours biochemistry while polls champion Crispr, lithium-ion batteries and MOFs
- Research
Mineral never before seen in nature found inside Australian meteorite
Black-and-red rock that fell to Earth 68 years ago contains iron carbide compound
- Research
Giant tree molecule made out of 45 rotaxanes switches size on demand
Mechanically interlocked molecules give dendrimer the ability to expand and contract
- Research
Nanoscale graphene sheets folded into atomic crêpes
Atom-thick sheets stacked with precise twist angle and tubular edge could be made into quantum nanomachines
- Podcast
Domoic acid
The marine toxin that drives animals crazy and might have inspired one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous films
- News
World Health Organization joins controversial open access Plan S
The Who becomes first UN agency to support the push for open access science publishing
- Research
Biodegradable batteries could be made from modified proteins
Coiled polypeptides modified with redox-active molecules make for eco-friendly single-use batteries
- Research
Textbook skin cream structure all wrong, researchers discover in first molecular look at lotions
Neutron and x-ray experiments reveal the microstructure of lotions to be more complex than scientists had thought
- Research
First ever synthesis of most double-bond-rich hydrocarbon
Tiny hydrocarbon with six double bonds has unrivalled ability to make complex ring systems though multiple Diels–Alder reactions
- Research
Explosive 25% more powerful than TNT found in first study of energetic isomers
Stereo- and regiochemistry affect compounds’ explosive potential
- Research
Gravity-defying droplets race upside down on super slippery surface
Charged superamphiphobic surface propels water, blood and other liquids up vertical slopes and even upside down
