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Brain activity clue to Alzheimer’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Sep 2011

We all have a little trouble kick-starting our brains every now and again, but mild cognitive impai…

Hibernation found to be neuroprotective

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2011

Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals, and scientists believe it might hol…

Fungus offers insight into human cells

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2011

A heat-loving fungus could help researchers understand structures within our own cells and a team f…

Amino acid time capsule

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Sep 2011

An amino acid time capsule could help scientists link climatic records from deep sea sediments and …

Tiger Stripes fuel Saturn's torus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2011

The doughnut-shaped torus of water surrounding Saturn originated from Enceladus, making it the only…

Are we really in a bubble?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Sep 2011

For the first time, cosmologists are attempting to test the multiverse theory – the idea that multi…

Superconductor Etch A Sketch

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Aug 2011

Scientists have a new toy – Etch A Sketch using superconductors.

The science of violence

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Aug 2011

Approximately 10% of all assaults needing treatment in A&E departments are the result of glass and …

Diamond sky

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Aug 2011

The Beatles might not have been too far off the mark when they sang about diamonds in the sky – sci…

Antibacterial stainless steel

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Aug 2011

A quick glance at your cutlery shows it’s made of stainless steel, as are most surgical instruments…

Healthy cells defend against breast cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Aug 2011

Healthy mammary epithelial cells act as the immune system’s second line of defence, secreting a pro…

Salmon’s natural chemical tag

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2011

Salmon migrate in order to feed, and exactly where they eat could now be revealed thanks to a natur…

The benefits of dark beer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2011

The darker the beer, the more iron it contains according to Spanish researchers.

Undersea volcano erupts as predicted

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2011

A new eruption of an undersea volcano has been discovered after scientist correctly predicted the e…

Giant birds lived with dinosaurs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2011

A prehistoric toothless jaw bone found in Kazakhstan suggests the Cretaceous period was not a ‘dino…

New relief from sunburn

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Aug 2011

Scientists have come up with a novel way to identify the mechanism of sunburn, and as a result have…

Proof is in the cow pat

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2011

Cows, sheep and other ruminants are thought to be responsible for a fifth of global methane product…

Megapixel PCR for faster diagnostics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2011

A new ‘megapixel’ DNA measurement platform could revolutionise genetic diagnostics and screening pr…

Polypill to reduce heart disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Aug 2011

A four-in-one combination pill can halve the predicted risk of heart disease and stroke suggests re…

Bringing ultrasound down to Earth

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Aug 2011

Space bound technology regularly makes its way into our daily lives – more often than not we don’t …