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Mega-Earth found in Kepler-10c

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2014

The ‘Godzilla of Earths’ has been discovered by astronomers; the new type of planet is a mega-Earth…

Soft touch gone awry in autism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jun 2014

Nerves in the skin that respond to gentle touch may go awry in disorders such as autism say researc…

Aerospace company set to communicate with NASA spacecraft

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2014

Aerospace company SkyCorp Inc have been given the go ahead to attempt to communicate with a 35-year…

Celebrating Great British Science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2014

Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution, has nominated Faraday’s …

Combating drug resistance in melanoma

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jun 2014

Resistance to a treatment for advanced melanoma could be prevented by blocking a druggable family o…

Leap in modelling cardiovascular disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2014

American scientists have made a huge leap forward in genetic modelling after growing functioning hu…

Neutron analysis reveals cancer drug clustering

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2014

Cancer pharmaceuticals currently have to be administered intravenously because of a tendency for so…

Over £47m for investment in early-stage UK life sciences

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2014

International venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has raised over £47.5 million to lead investmen…

H10N8 bird flu unlikely to threaten public health

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2014

H10N8, the most recent avian influenza virus to infect humans, is unlikely to cause a threat to pub…

Study shows promise for rare eye condition

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2014

Recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) could provide a targeted treatment for neurotropic ke…

New insight into effect of pesticides on aquatic life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 May 2014

Research by an international team of scientists has provided new insight into the effects of pestic…

New hope for spinal injuries

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2014

Engineers at the University of Portsmouth are investigating new strategies for the treatment of pat…

New gene linked to oesophageal cancer treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 May 2014

A newly discovered gene linked to oesophageal cancer could hold the key to treatments for the hard-…

“Ultrasonic hands” grip microparticles

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 May 2014

Ultrasonic waves can be used to grab several microparticles at a time, effectively creating a pair …

SMRs to improve nuclear power safety

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 May 2014

New research from the University of Lincoln suggests a new, smaller type of nuclear reactor might b…

Synthetic molecule for new asthma treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 May 2014

A novel molecule which prevents T-cells from coordinating asthma bought on by allergens has been id…

£10m prize to solve greatest scientific problem

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2014

A £10 million prize has been launched by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board to solve the great…

Gene variant linked to longevity

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2014

Spanish and Japanese centenarians have revealed of the genetic keys to longevity – a variant on a c…

Rain in Balkans cause flood and landslides

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2014

Three months-worth of rain have fallen in three days in the Balkans, causing widespread floods and …

‘On-off switch’ controls crystal structure of graphene

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2014

American researchers have found an ‘on-off switch’ for graphene which enables them to change its cr…