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Greater London population at risk of future heat waves
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Apr 2014
Properly adapting buildings for climate change could significantly reduce the risk of heat-related …

Antimicrobial lassos offer insight into bacterial warfare
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2014
Starved bacteria use antimicrobial lasso peptides to kill other bacteria by hijacking their nutrien…

Sewing machine inspires imaging tool for Alzheimer’s
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Apr 2014
The humble sewing machine has inspired a new imaging tool which is providing new clues about the or…

Refrigerant replacement highly toxic on combustion
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Apr 2014
EU regulations suggest refrigerants in car air conditioning systems are replaced with a more enviro…

Brain dictionary and road map created
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2014
An international team of neuroscientists has not only tripled the number of identified insect brain…

Venomtech enters the US market
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2014
Venomtech – the UK’s only commercial venom supplier – has announced a US distribution agreement wit…

Antidepressants affect aquatic life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2014
The presence of antidepressants in our aquatic ecosystem is threatening wildlife, affecting its beh…

Antimony batteries a possibility
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Apr 2014
Scientists probing new materials for batteries have succeeded in producing uniform antimony nanocry…

Quantum standard for amp achieved
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2014
A quantum standard for the ampere can now join the ranks alongside the volt and ohm thanks to resea…

A change of heart…in space
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Apr 2014
Astronauts’ hearts become more spherical in space say NASA scientists, which could lead to cardiac …

DNA shape-change causes ALS
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2014
A mutation linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) changes …

Genetic mutations linked to melanoma
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2014
A mutation in the gene responsible for protecting the ends of chromosomes is responsible for a here…

Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Apr 2014
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have t…

Saharan dust cloud highlights air quality problems
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2014
Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk according to the World He…

Super-Earths likely to be dead worlds
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2014
Many of the super-Earths discovered in recent planet-hunting missions are likely to be dead, uninha…

New hope for CNS damage
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2014
It might be possible to reprogram and repair nerves damaged through spinal cord injury and brain tr…

Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2014
Five new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been recorded in Guinea in the last 24 hours accor…

Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2014
Freezing testicular tissue from young boys who are not yet sexually mature before they undergo canc…

Cosmic collision created ringed planet
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Apr 2014
A comet-like planet surrounded by two fine rings of ice and pebbles has been found between Saturn a…

Early arthropods evolved into filter feeders
Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Mar 2014
Newly discovered fossils of marine animal Tamisiocaris suggest the early arthropod evolved into sus…