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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…