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£21 million for grand engineering challenges
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Nov 2015
Seven new research programmes have received £21 million funding to tackle UK’s major science and en…
New test can detect any virus
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2015
Scientists have designed a test that can detect not only any known virus type and subtype but also …
Key receptor for autism treatment identified
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2015
Targeting a particular neuroreceptor – important for the development of social behaviour – can supp…
Proposal on national GMO bans rejected
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2015
In a plenary session on 28 October, Members of the European Parliament (MEP) rejected a draft law w…
Carrier bag funds to beat dementia
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2015
UK supermarkets Iceland, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose have announced that funds from the new levy o…
Icelandic volcano SO2 levels top up European industry emissions
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2015
The volcanic eruption in Iceland that occurred in August 2014 released three times more sulphur dio…
Fluids reveal stick insect’s movement secret
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2015
The fluid released by stick insects has been found to help them control their movements rather than…
Double stretch for giraffe’s neck
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2015
Scientists have discovered that the long neck of modern-day giraffes evolved in two stages.
Mathematicians weigh in on stellar mass
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2015
Mathematicians have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars.!--more--
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Are humans really a 'super predator'?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2015
A recent study has revealed human hunting behaviour may be altering the ecological and evolutionary…
EU urges science publishers to adapt to open access
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2015
European research commissioner Carlos Moedas has urged journal publishing companies to reshape thei…
Business funding for graphene research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Oct 2015
Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have announced an investment…
Boost for Welsh scientific research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2015
Funding of more than £17 million has been announced to attract up to 90 new research fellows from a…
Fall in animal testing procedures
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2015
2014 statistics from the Home Office have shown a 6% decrease in animal testing procedures complete…
Wasp venom can kill cancer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2015
Brazilian wasp venom can selectively kill cancer cells without harming normal cells.
New IST President
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2015
The Institute of Science & Technology (IST) has announced Helen Sharman as their new President.
X-rays unravel fossil secrets
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2015
By using an X-ray imaging technique, palaeontologists have discovered borings made by shell inverte…
New collaboration to deliver personalised oncology treatment
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Oct 2015
AstraZeneca and the University of Manchester have announced a collaboration aiming to deliver perso…
The mysteries of DNA origami unfolded
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2015
Scientists have found that the assembly of DNA into nanostructures follows distinct pathways rather…
LHC produces ‘littlest liquid’
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Oct 2015
Quark-gluon plasma – a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birth of the Universe –…
