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Nobel Prize awards announced

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Oct 2005

The Nobel Prizes for chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have been awarded this week for …

Are glowing gonads the key to beating malaria?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Oct 2005

Scientists have genetically modified male mosquitoes to express a glowing protein in their gonads, …

Ig Nobel Prizes awarded

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Oct 2005

If you didn’t pick up a Nobel Prize, then take heart…

fish sees ancient world in technicolour

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Oct 2005

The Australian lungfish - one of the world’s oldest fishes - may have better colour vision than hum…

Visions of science winners chosen

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2005

The winners of the 2005 Novartis and The Daily Telegraph photographic awards - visions of science -…

Asthma and allergy cure a step closer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2005

Scientists are one step closer to finding a cure for asthma and allergic reactions after the struct…

Physics for all!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Sep 2005

A new scheme offering students up to £1000 a year to study physics has been opened by the Institute…

Motorway forces lab move

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2005

A family firm that has weathered the depression, two World Wars and the rapidly-changing nature of …

Tropical adventure for UK scientists

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Sep 2005

A team of scientists have been awarded £500,000 to establish a centre in the tropical Atlantic Ocea…

Einstein manuscript found

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2005

The original manuscript of a paper Albert Einstein published in 1925 has been found in the archives…

National Science Week awards

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2005

Research Councils UK have announced an awards scheme for researchers looking for funds to support t…

Patients at risk if technology not delivered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2005

Patients will miss out on new medical technologies and innovations due to a reduction in NICE asses…

New Mars mission to find Beagle 2

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Aug 2005

Hopes are high that the UK’s lost Mars mission, Beagle 2 can be traced as Nasa launches the biggest…

Delay for WEEE implimentation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Aug 2005

The government has postponed the implementation of the waste electronic and electrical equipment (W…

Lung cancer pioneer dies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jul 2005

Professor Sir Richard Doll, the scientist who first confirmed the link between smoking and lung can…

Perfect way to study big bang

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jul 2005

Whilst exploring the very beginning of the universe, scientists have unexpectedly come across what …

Nuclear sell off will lose billions

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jul 2005

British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has confirmed controversial plans to sell Westinghouse, its US-based n…

Government gets tough on animal rights extremists

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jul 2005

A crackdown on animal rights extremists who intimidate and harass legitimate scientists was impleme…

Roller coaster ride for physics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2005

A world-renowned roller coaster designer is to receive an honorary doctorate for his ability to lin…

Cold comfort during global warming

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jun 2005

Global warming could result in northern Europe growing colder as the southern hemisphere gets hotte…