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Public-private initiative for sustainable chemicals

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Sep 2008

A new research initiative, bringing together the UK\'s main public funder of bioscience research wi…

Met office strike supercomputer deal with IBM

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Sep 2008

In a deal worth £33M, IBM is to provide the Met Office with its next generation supercomputer that …

Plastic fantastic for bug killing film

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2008

Scientists in Switzerland say they have created a plastic film that’s up to 1000 times more effecti…

Robot submarine dives deep for first mission

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2008

Autosub6000, the UK’s deepest-diving robot submarine, has successfully completed its first science …

Maggots serve up an antibiotic treat

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Sep 2008

The battle against the rise of antibiotic resistance has taken one group of scientists back to an a…

Agricultural disease emerged from harmless virus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2008

Scientists have discovered that one of the world’s most important agricultural diseases emerged whe…

LHC at Cern powers-up successfully

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2008

The worlds largest ever physics experiment - designed to probe the very existence of all the matter…

New species of bacteria gets mouthy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2008

No one likes to think of their mouth as a haven for microbes, but no matter how hard we brush, our …

Robot with bio-brain to solve memory secrets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Sep 2008

A team from the UK is hoping to explain how we form memories with the development of a robot contro…

Expert stumbles on new species

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2008

A leading fungi expert has accidentally stumbled upon a new species - as he walked home from work.

Criminals beware - pollen could grass you up

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2008

Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to a new bull…

Prince Charles invokes scientific backlash over GM assault

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2008

Many high profile scientists have spoken out against Prince Charles’ assault on genetic modificatio…

The buzz of chasing criminals

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Aug 2008

Geographic profiling (GP), a technique currently used by police to track down serial killers, could…

Turning poo into power

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Aug 2008

Cow Power - not an idea to be poo pooed! Decomposing livestock manure produces greenhouse gases tha…

Go on...stretch yourself

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Aug 2008

Oxford academics are asking the sporting among us to help them find out whether stretching before o…

Stormy Titan could host life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Aug 2008

Astrophysicists have discovered that Titan’s atmosphere is stormy – a key discovery as scientists g…

Research council opens commercial gates

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Aug 2008

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has won nearly £1m to help it support the commercia…

Fangs for the inspiration

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Aug 2008

When searching for a new class of super-strong, lightweight materials for use in spacecraft, US res…

A word in your shell like...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2008

Finding a seashell is one of the many pleasures of a summer holiday on the coast - but many people …

Marine creatures get a pounding

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2008

Antarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habit…