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Nano-scale drug delivery for chemotherapy drugs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Dec 2009

Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer d…

Breakthrough against antibiotic resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Dec 2009

Interactions between bacteria that form deadly shields against the body’s natural defences could le…

Good vibrations mean green power

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2009

An endless supply of free, environmentally sound power could be right under our noses – and all we …

The dominance of the flowering plant

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2009

Flowering plants gained an evolutionary advantage over rivals but how?

Using evolution to make antivenom

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2009

Scientists developing antivenom for one of the world’s most deadly jellyfish say that understanding…

Reducing the cost of solar cells

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Dec 2009

A new, less expensive grade of raw material for solar cells has been developed, and the new modules…

Knocking the nanoparticles of the socks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Nov 2009

Silver nanoparticles found in anti-odour and anti-bacterial socks are released in the washing cycle…

Birds lose colour vision at twilight

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Nov 2009

Birds lose their colour vision earlier in the day than previously thought, which has important impl…

Photo finish for gamma-rays

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Nov 2009

A dead-heat finish between two gamma-ray photons will cause debate amongst physicists over Einstein…

UK Technology Strategy Board outlines future spending plans

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Nov 2009

Over the next six months the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is to invest £39.5 million in regen…

Diatoms hold climate change record

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Nov 2009

Diatoms – microalgae with glass-like skeletons or shells – have been used by a group of Swedish res…

How the moon produces water

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2009

When you think of the moon you probably think of a barren, dusty and dry wasteland – but new resear…

Hawking welcomes new computing funds

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2009

The Government has pumped £12.32 million into new hardware for the UK’s High Performance Computing …

Super shrimp eye inspires CD player of future

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2009

The future of DVD and CD players could be inspired by the remarkable eyes of the mantis shrimp, acc…

Are pesticides causing suicide?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2009

People exposed to higher levels of pesticides are more likely to have suicidal thoughts according t…

Fire proof material relies on Secret formula

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2009

A new building material that is fire resistant to temperatures in excess of 1100°C, and made from r…

Delicate butterfly wings replicated

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2009

A team of researchers have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butter…

Mass extinction – could it be due to algae?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2009

Supervolcanoes and cosmic impacts get all the terrible glory for causing mass extinctions, but a ne…

Did this kill off the dinosaurs?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2009

Is the largest crater in the world the smoking gun of dinosaur extinction?

All a question of timing

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2009

Ever wondered how your brain recalls that you brushed your teeth before you took a shower, and not …