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Did an oceanic burp end the last ice age?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2010

A huge and sudden belch of carbon dioxide from the depths of the ocean may have called time on the …

Butterfly wings inspires fraud prevention

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2010

Bank notes and credit cards could be harder to forge thanks to scientists who have discovered a way…

Life on Mars?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jul 2010

Huge seas once existed on Mars, and it was warmer and wetter than first thought according to new ev…

Nanofibres spun like candyfloss

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2010

A machine hailed as the cross between a high-speed centrifuge and a candyfloss machine could revolu…

Clever larvae switch off protection mechanism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2010

Plants under attack from Hessian fly larva are able to protect themselves by ramping up production …

Tamiflu resistance mechanism revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2010

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have identified the molecular changes that a…

Plastic fantastic antibodies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2010

Plastic antibodies capable of mimicking the body’s immune system by recognising and fighting infect…

Carbon dioxide storage solution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2010

Thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide could be pumped underground to mix with minerals and become r…

UTCs open in London and Manchester

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jun 2010

The University of Manchester and Imperial College London are to play home to two new University Tec…

Anti-reflection taken to nano levels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2010

Moth’s eyes are perfectly non-reflective, enabling them to remain hidden from predators as they hun…

Frog genome to provide clues to development

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2010

The genome of Xenopus tropicalis – a frog with genes similar to humans and mice – has been sequence…

Cool cat promises energy revolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jun 2010

An inexpensive metal catalyst could be the key to generating hydrogen gas from water according to a…

Spot the difference

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2010

Cheap supermarket brand vodka and brand labelled vodka – what’s the difference? Vodka is virtually …

Tattoos to help diabetics monitor blood sugar

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2010

Tattoos one day may be more than just a piece of artwork on the body as scientists are developing a…

Counting spots

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2010

The biggest ever survey of UK ladybirds is due to take place – and with 45 different species native…

Salad spinner brings blood test revolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jun 2010

A salad spinner could revolutionise blood tests in the developing world as, after a few minor modif…

Earthquake whispers reveal Earth’s secrets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jun 2010

By listening to earthquake ‘whispers’ scientists at the University of Calgary believe they have gai…

SAD genes identified

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2010

New treatments for SAD –seasonal affective disorder – may be on the cards thanks to research from M…

Resisting cisplatin

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2010

Cancerous tumours treated with cisplatin quickly become resistant to the drug, and researchers from…

The mighty resurrection

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jun 2010

In research that has more than a wiff of Jurassic Park about it, palaeobiologists use genomics to g…