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Milky Way to collide with Andromeda

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jul 2012

The Milky Way looks set to collide with neighbouring galaxy Andromeda – but not for another four bi…

Under construction: new search engine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jul 2012

A new type of search engine which draws its results from sensors based in the physical world is bei…

Baby’s genome determined from parental tests

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jul 2012

Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of a baby in utero without tapping the amniotic s…

Splitting the unsplittable atom

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jul 2012

Researchers in Germany have split the unsplittable and separated a single atom into two halves, pul…

Pitcher plants catapult prey

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2012

Pitcher plants have developed a novel mechanism for capturing their prey – they use heavy rain to c…

New particle consistent with Higgs found

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2012

A new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson has been observed by the ATLAS and CMS e…

What happens when the lights go out?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2012

While the flash might draw attention, the female of the species looks for substance over show – at …

New class of porous material stores carbon dioxide

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2012

A novel material with unique carbon dioxide retention properties could play a role in reducing emis…

Open access policy strengthened by Wellcome Trust

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2012

The Wellcome Trust is to enforce its open access policy and withhold funding from scientists who do…

Cooler washes with nanodiamonds

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2012

Washing at lower temperatures is preferable, but what if you could do your week’s washing at just 1…

Vision restored in night blind mice

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jul 2012

Mice suffering from night blindness had their vision restored after scientists from University Coll…

Tomato genome sequenced

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2012

The tomato is a major crop plant and model for fruit development, and scientists have released a hi…

New technique to improve epigenetics research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jun 2012

Scientists have developed a new chemical technique that will significantly improve their ability to…

Nottingham and GSK launch Centre of Excellence

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jun 2012

GlaxoSmithKline and the University of Nottingham have formalised a collaboration to establish a Cen…

Obesity receptor structure solved

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2012

The structure of a key part of the human obesity receptor has been defined, and could help in the p…

Working toward an eco-robot

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2012

Researchers working on an environmentally friendly robot which decomposes at the end of its useful …

Drug combination to treat prostate cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jun 2012

Combining two new prostate cancer drugs could delay drug resistance and increase the number of men …

Special Report: Free access to peer review

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jun 2012

In an article in The Guardian last month, Minister of State for Universities and Science David Will…

No 3D structure for peculiar protein

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jun 2012

An unusual protein which lacks any definable structure – defying the long-held notion that a protei…

Music by natural selection

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2012

Music evolves and ‘mates’ via natural selection according to new research from Imperial College Lon…