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Scientists view 3D chromosomes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2013
Researchers have been able to model the structure of chromosomes when they are active using a novel…

Award for William Blythe
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Oct 2013
William Blythe has been named winner of the Gold Standard Skills Award by the Chemical Industries A…

12-sided quasicrystal discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2013
A new form of a 12-sided quasicrystal has been accidentally discovered by researchers in Germany.!-…

Ardnamurchan magma mystery solved
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Oct 2013
A volcano on the Scottish peninsula thought to have three successive magma chambers only has one si…

£400m to boost science and engineering
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Oct 2013
A £400m package to help science and engineering students get ahead in the global race and encourage…

New home for BioFocus
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2013
BioFocus and Aviva Investors have signed an agreement for the construction of a new laboratory and …

Left or right? It’s not genetic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2013
It is often assumed that handedness is inherited but a new study rules out a strong genetic factor …

Motorised matchsticks keep on going
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Oct 2013
Motorised microscopic matchsticks whose speed and direction of motion can be controlled have been d…

Multiple mates improves disease resistance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Oct 2013
Being promiscuous may have benefits say researchers who have found mating with different males help…

Carbon nanotube acts as size sorter
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Oct 2013
Tiny molecules passing through nanotubes can be propelled or slowed down depending on their size sa…

British baked beans – yes please
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2013
Baked beans are a staple of the British diet, with over 1.7 million cans consumed in the UK every y…

Microfluidics competition
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Oct 2013
Could you design the next generation of microfluidics equipment – then Dolomite need you!!--more--
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An evolutionary fear of holes?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2013
Trypophobia is the most common fear you’ve never heard of – but what is it about clusters of holes …

Plant geometry secret revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Sep 2013
Researchers from the University of Leeds have discovered how plants set the angles of their branche…

Polypill key to preventative medicine
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Sep 2013
Taking several pills for one condition is an undesirable but necessary scenario for many, but a new…

Helping hand for panda cubs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2013
As Edinburgh Zoo eagerly anticipates the birth of a panda cub, scientists in Glasgow – together wit…

Multi-million pound boost for UK aerospace innovation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2013
The UK Aerospace industry will be given a major boost as the Technology Strategy Board launches a n…

Key fungus species help explain mysterious bat disease
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Sep 2013
Researchers have identified what might be the key to unravelling the mystery of White Nose Syndrome…

Norwegian bacteria make super sunscreen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2013
Bacteria living in Trondheim Fjord can provide humans with better protection against skin cancer an…

Magellanic Stream mystery solved by Hubble telescope
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2013
A 40-year old mystery has been solved by astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. They have…