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Is the UK aiming for the stars - or going for re-entry?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2010

A national space policy could catapult Britain to the forefront of the space sector and create thou…

Compost heap for sugar-based plastic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Feb 2010

Recycling plastic through the household collection is common throughout Britain, but scientists hav…

Gone with the wind

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Feb 2010

The evolutionary secret of an asexual invertebrate that should have gone extinct long ago has been …

Skeleton Sliding

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2010

As the UK\'s Amy Williams takes the skeleton world by storm, a group of researchers sets out to fin…

Tumour development

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2010

Scientists at Yale University have recently overturned an established belief that in order for a tu…

Crumble – the new cancer cure?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2010

New cancer treatments could be inspired by a great British favourite – rhubarb crumble.

Have you got what it takes to make it in the Den?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Feb 2010

Dragons’ Den will be opening its doors to eager entrepreneurs again later this year and are current…

Mould and mildew doomed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2010

Disease-causing moulds and mildew affecting both plants and animals could be condemned as researche…

Plants that can’t feel the cold

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Feb 2010

With earlier flowering seasons and a change in global distributions, how plants sense temperature f…

Funding for National Measurement Office cut

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2010

The National Measurement Office could see their funding cut by £6 million, which could have an esti…

Science jobs of the future

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2010

The boundaries of science fact and science fiction will blur for the job market of tomorrow

Nature pips science to the post

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2010

Science is always striving to mimic things which nature has evolved to do several, if not thousands…

Paw prints of selection

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2010

With more than 400 distinct breeds, dogs come in a wide range of shapes, sizes and temperaments, an…

The Pink Gene

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2010

Rosy-red tomatoes are a common ingredient in most people’s salad, but diners in the Far East are pa…

Charity calls for more funding into non-animal research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2010

Medical research charity The Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research has received a record number of ap…

Maps of Haiti earthquake produced

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jan 2010

Following the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12th, scientists have been s…

UK has good showing in euro-business awards

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2010

UK scientists have been recognised in the second annual ACES awards - a pan-European competition am…

Plasmas potential use in disinfecting wounds and healthy skin

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jan 2010

Low-temperature plasma is already used to sterilise surgical equipment due to its ability to reach …

Scanner endoscopes: the way forward in cancer diagnosis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jan 2010

An endoscope capable of seeing beneath the surface of tissues and identifying cancerous growths bef…

Key to anti-ageing is amino acids

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2010

In order to avoid ageing we need to restrict our diet – the combination of proteins, not the number…