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Redefining the ampere
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2013
The National Physical Laboratory and the University of Cambridge have joined forces in redefining t…
Flesh-eating plant discards DNA ‘junk’
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jun 2013
Scientists have spent decades puzzling over why noncoding DNA makes up the majority (98%) of the hu…
Wood-eating gribble could be key to biofuel future
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2013
Studying the gribble, a tiny marine organism that eats wood, has revealed a surprising discovery th…
Modelling the Sun’s magnetic field
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2013
The important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the …
Control a flying robot with just your thoughts
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2013
University of Minnesota researchers have developed a new non-invasive system that allows people to …
It’s going pear-shaped for atomic nuclei
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jun 2013
According to the Standard Model, we shouldn’t even exist – but an international team of physicists …
Coupling single atoms to form quantum states
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2013
Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have coupled single atoms to form quantum states…
Quantum carotenoids shine light on photosynthesis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2013
The mechanism by which carotenoids help chlorophyll turn light into chemical energy has been uncove…
Hunter-gatherers had a taste for fish
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2013
The first study to directly address the often posed question, “why did humans make pots?” reveals t…
3D printed shapes mimic living tissue
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2013
A custom-built programmable 3D printer that can print materials with the properties of living tissu…
Young galaxy is surprisingly efficient star-factory
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2013
Astronomers have discovered an extremely distant galaxy that has one of the largest star-formation …
Primordial soup secret revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2013
Scientists may have cracked a common conundrum about how objects from space could have kindled life…
Ring rain influences Saturn’s atmosphere
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2013
Saturn’s atmosphere is home to more charged water particle “rain” than previously thought suggests …
Sensing an invisible hand
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 May 2013
The ability to recognise your own body is more complicated than you think, suggest Swedish scientis…
Mathematicians solve a foamy problem
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 May 2013
Two researchers from University of California Berkeley have now described mathematically the succes…
Frog-like robots to assist surgery
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2013
A tiny robot inspired by the feet of tree-frogs is being built at the University of Leeds. The devi…
Turning cellulose into starch for new food source
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2013
A potential food source can be created from plants not traditionally thought of as food crops sugge…
Air-breathing batteries powered by the people
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2013
Researchers in Poland have created air-breathing biobatteries that may be used to power pacemakers,…
Flight of the bumblebee
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2013
A bumblebee is more stable when it is flying quickly, rather than hovering at slow speeds suggests …
A scaled-up solar system
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Apr 2013
A team of astrophysicists have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupite…
