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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…

Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2014
A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a mole…

Merm1 cancer target
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2014
A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the develo…

Understanding chromatography saves pharma big money
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2014
By fine tuning a critical process in drug manufacture, researchers at Rice University say they can …

Edinburgh student scoops Abcam award
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Mar 2014
Edinburgh student Yali Huang has won the Abcam 15 Discoveries Contest, receiving a $15,000 research…

Epigenetic root to endometriosis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Mar 2014
An epigenetic modification could be an integral component in endometriosis and its progression sugg…

Antimicrobial pizza herb
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2014
A simple herb used on pizzas could play an important role in defeating the winter vomiting bug say …

Surplus neurons could cause neurodevelopmental disorders
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2014
Autism could be caused by cells called microglia failing to trim unnecessary connections between ne…

The slow thaw
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2014
Despite the headline-making recent insights, some maintain the Universe didn’t start with the Big B…