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Gel implant to relieve back pain
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Aug 2011
A biomaterial implant developed at the University of Manchester could finally bring treatment for c…

Slowing it down
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2011
For the first time, scientists in Glasgow have been able to drag light by slowing it down to the sp…

Reduced emissions from lab-grown meat
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Aug 2011
If you were told cultured meat – meat grown in the laboratory – could reduce greenhouse gas emissio…

Why plant ‘clones’ aren’t clones
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Aug 2011
Plant clones are not often identical to the donor plant – a fact that has puzzled researchers until…

Sunburn understood
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Aug 2011
A single electron could be the key to future drugs that repair sunburn say researchers who have wit…

Reducing weeds with ground beetles
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Aug 2011
Ground beetles could play an important role in ensuring future food security by munching on weed se…

Potato genome sequenced
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Aug 2011
With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, an international consortium have se…
Improving cancer care
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2011
Molecular diagnostics testing has the ability to predict in advance how patients will respond to a …

HIV weakness revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2011
Developing a vaccine against HIV has proven difficult because the virus is capable of rapidly mutat…

$13m funding for robotics company
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2011
European robotics company Aldebaran Robotics SA has raised $13 million in venture funding, which wi…

Thermo acquire Sterilin and Phadia
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jul 2011
Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Sterilin – a provider of consumable products for microbiology…

Paper solar cells
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jul 2011
Imagine being able to print a solar cell onto newspaper, cloth, or plastic using special inks, whic…

Double agent betrays pancreas
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jul 2011
A star-shaped cell in the pancreas acts as a double agent – it helps the body respond to damage and…

Hidden dangers of the dishwasher
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2011
Not only do dishwashers and washing machines leave your dishes and clothes sparkling clean, they al…

Molecular fingerprinting for surgery patients
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jul 2011
Real-time analysis of body fluids and tissues from patients on the operating table is possible than…

Exploding star at edge of galaxy
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jul 2011
Astronomers believe they have observed the most distant explosion – and possibly the most distant o…

Sweet defence against C. difficile
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2011
A carbohydrate in the bacterial cell wall of Clostridium difficile has given scientists from the Ma…

Secrets of Bath’s Roman Baths
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2011
The infamous algae growing in Bath’s Roman Baths could do more than make the water look green.

Printing in 3D chocolate
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2011
Chocolate might be an unusual material to print with, but consumers will soon be able create their …

Meteor did wipe out dinosaurs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2011
A newly discovered ceratopsian horn suggests a catastrophic meteor impact did cause the mass extinc…