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Harnessing regional strengths

Added: 17 Jun 2019

From distinctive strengths in transport innovation in the West Midlands to leadership in the life s…

Just play the game

Added: 10 Jun 2019

Games have never been more popular – but can they really help in the teaching of science? You bet y…

A sub-atomic solution

Added: 7 Jun 2019

Neurodegenerative diseases are becoming a major focus for an ageing population. Here we learn how n…

Plague bacterium located in Britain

Added: 6 Jun 2019

The first genetic evidence of the Justinian Plague in the British Isles suggests multiple strains o…

Lab-grown insect meat

Added: 6 Jun 2019

Researchers have outlined proposals for lab-grown insect meat as an alternative to harmful livestoc…

Innovation in data collection

Added: 5 Jun 2019

There are many examples of product enhancements using improved design and or different materials to…

CRISPR edit linked with increased mortality risk

Added: 5 Jun 2019

The genetic mutation made last year by a Chinese scientist using the CRISPR technique has been asso…

Blooming marvellous

Added: 31 May 2019

Aquaculture, cosmetics and even a unique superfood… microalgae are proving to be a rising star for …

Korea claims advance on 3D-printed corneas

Added: 30 May 2019

A research team in South Korea have used a 3D printer to improve the transparency of artificial cor…

The secret microbiome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 May 2019

Auto-immune disease, obesity and even cancer… the microbiome is clearly involved in much of human h…

Brexit bomb

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019

In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them fee…

Human microbiome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019

There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing…

Climate change boosts banana disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2019

Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops.!--more--

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Flea bacteria

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

This digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a number of yellow  Yersinia …

Making a value judgement

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2019

Bioethics has become a global endeavour – and a good thing too says Catherine Joynson. As we push t…

A very fertile mind

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2019

Professor Simon Fishel worked with the team that created the first IVF baby in 1978 and with Nobel …

One at a time

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Apr 2019

Watching biological processes one molecule at a time is an incredibly difficult task… but it is get…

Better tattoo be safe

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2019

As hipster cool reaches ‘peak-ink’ the scientific literature is awash with studies on the safety of…

Moral morsels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2019

It is a troubling business. The simple act of lifting a morsel to your mouth is now fraught with di…

Beyond the usual suspects

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2019

Having trained as a physicist, I find the Francis Crick Institute’s strategy of ‘discovery without…