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Controlling genes with your thoughts

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Nov 2014

Scientists have developed a mind-control system that allows a person to switch on genes in mice thr…

Philae to start drilling

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Nov 2014

Scientists have started drilling into comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko amid fears that the battery a…

Eyespots deter predatory attack

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Nov 2014

Many butterflies use colouration and patterns to avoid attacks from predators, protecting their mos…

We are on the comet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2014

Philae has now stabilised on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after landing  not once; not twice but…

Separating the plant genome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2014

A new approach to separating plant nuclear DNA from organellar DNA could speed up DNA sequencing an…

Single mutation disrupts morphology of sexual organs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2014

A single mutation in a gene coding for a protein deeply involved in developmental and homeostatic p…

On the move; new device follows metastasis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2014

Cancer researchers have got an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis thanks to a new device …

Countdown to Rosetta’s comet landing

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Nov 2014

The Rosetta space mission will attempt the first ever landing on the surface of a comet on 12th Nov…

Safer fracking thanks to new early warning system

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2014

New technology developed at the University of Nottingham could be used as an early warning system t…

HIV’s surprising structure

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2014

The building blocks of the immature human immunodeficiency virus are arranged in a surprising way s…

First female Director General for CERN

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2014

CERN have appointed Italian physicist Dr Fabiola Gianotti as their next Director General, the first…

Cooling with magnets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2014

An international team of scientists have successfully used magnetic molecules to reach temperatures…

Stretch-sensitive protein causes foetal membrane rupture

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Nov 2014

Premature rupture of the foetal membrane is the result of stretch-sensitive protein suggests resear…

Policy Officer vacancy at CaSE

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Nov 2014

CaSE, the Campaign for Science and Engineering are recruiting a Policy Officer to play a central ro…

Huddle! Cells secret communication clusters

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Oct 2014

Cells cluster together to communicate within restricted groups, just like a sports team huddle disc…

Discovery Park gets £4.6m grant on second birthday

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Oct 2014

Discovery Park has received a £4.6m grant from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership to suppo…

Weather forecasting set to improve

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2014

A new £97m supercomputer could put an end to the complaints about weather forecasting accuracy.!--m…

Step closer to stem cell treatment for diabetes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2014

Using embryonic stem cells as a starting point, Harvard researchers have produced human insulin-pro…

Genetic mutation prevents weight gain on high-sugar diet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2014

A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have found a way to suppress the o…

Jumping spiders’ visual system revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2014

Scientists have solved one of the toughest problems in spider biology – how the arachnids’ visual s…