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Diabetes drug could fight Alzheimer’s
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2011
It is increasingly common to find that drugs to treat one condition may also have beneficial effect…
Studying schizophrenia in vitro
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jun 2011
After a century of examination, the cause of schizophrenia remains unknown, but a group of American…
Mimicking protamine without the allergic reaction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jun 2011
Protamine – a natural drug extracted from shell fish – is used to remove anti-clotting drug heparin…
Securing sustainability in shipping
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2011
Shipping produces over 1000 million tonnes of CO2 each year, and engineers in Newcastle are leading…
MEGO for supercapacitors
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2011
A new form of carbon which could be used in supercapacitors has been discovered by activating expan…
Eat dirt – it’s good for you!
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jun 2011
As a child, you’re always told not to eat dirt but geophagy – the eating of earth – is common in ma…
Honeybees exhibit pessimism
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jun 2011
Agitated or stressed bees are more likely to be pessimistic about the world say researchers from Ne…
Cross arms for less pain
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jun 2011
By crossing your arms, you can reduce the intensity of pain felt when one hand receives a painful s…
Fertility reduced by caffeine
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jun 2011
Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes says an American researcher, who believes h…
Mammoth microchip for cancer detection
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jun 2011
The world’s biggest microchip designed for medical imaging measuring a whopping 12.8cm x 12.8cm may…
New lizard species created in lab
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2011
Human intervention has created a new species of whiptale lizard that has not only survived but repr…
Decade-year old structure incorrect
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2011
A decade-year old structure of an important complex in the human immune system has shown to be inco…
Catalyst promises cheap solar power
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2011
In a serendipitous discovery, researchers in Switzerland have found a way to revolutionise hydrogen…
Biotechnology YES for plant scientists
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2011
The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneur Scheme (YES) has announced a new workshop for plant, microbial…
Environmental fragrancing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2011
The key to a successful night out is a good ambience – but the smoking ban has uncovered several un…
Fool’s Gold - fertiliser for the oceans
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2011
Pyrite or Fools Gold is a rich source of iron in the deep sea say researchers from the University o…
How tarantulas hold on tight
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2011
Fluffy the tarantula has resolved the argument about how the arachnid stays secure on a vertical su…
CRB invest in peptide manufacturing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 May 2011
Cambridge Research Biochemicals – a research peptide and antibody manufacturer – is home to the fir…
Marine bugs give new antibiotic hope
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2011
Hybrid antibiotics may be key to wiping out drug-resistant strains of the MRSA superbug say researc…
Wound healing breakthrough
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 May 2011
In a recent breakthrough, scientists in London and Japan have discovered not only how bone marrow c…
