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Dance of quantum twisters

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jan 2013

A quantum fluid trapped on top of a semiconductor chip can be used to measure movements remarkably …

NASA happens upon forecast breakthrough

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jan 2013

A researcher who set out to develop a formula to protect Apollo sites on the moon from rocket exhau…

Ultra-hot test rig for Space-Age ceramics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jan 2013

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed the first testing facility that enables CT-scanning of c…

Fossilised microbe discovered in 200 million year old leech cocoon

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2013

Palaeobiologists at the University of Kansas have discovered a ciliate fossil embedded in the wall …

Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jan 2013

Canadian scientists have created the world’s largest functioning brain model which produces complex…

Promising nanotechnology for nerve research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Dec 2012

University of Michigan researchers report success in developing polymer nanofiber technologies for …

Chloroplasts could control crop ripening

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Dec 2012

Biologists at Leicester University have discovered that a plant cell regulation process also affect…

XMaS teeth studies establish our ancestors’ journeys

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2012

Scientists have teamed up with archaeologists to use X-rays to perform the world’s most detailed an…

Frankincense is not just for Christmas…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2012

Frankincense, the undeniable fragrance of Christmas, is in high demand but this means that many Bos…

Sensors for the real world

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2012

New resonators for gravimetric sensing developed at the University of Cambridge negate the effect o…

Why blind mole rats don’t get cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2012

Biologists have determined why blind mole rats are immune to cancer. The mechanism differs from tha…

Nearby ‘super-Earth’ may support life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Dec 2012

An international team of astronomers have discovered an alien planet, believed to have a similar cl…

Improving fingerprint identification

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2012

A new approach for making finger prints on paper more visible has been developed by scientists at t…

Neutron scattering reveals drug mechanism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2012

New insights into the origin of the side effects of an antifungal drug have been provided by neutro…

X-ray prism reveals chemical changes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2012

Ultrashort, ultrabright X-ray laser pulses can reveal details of chemically important molecules at …

Oceanic turbulence affects marine food web

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Dec 2012

Numerical simulations have shown for the first time that the movement of seawater can directly affe…

Cooling crystals prevent computer meltdown

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Dec 2012

A new efficient way to pump or extract heat using crystals has been discovered by researchers at th…

“Pinocchio Effect” confirmed: lying affects the nose

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2012

Spanish researchers have confirmed the existence of a “Pinocchio Effect” when someone is fibbing. H…

Water ice discovered on Mercury

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2012

Water ice has been discovered on Mercury, despite it being the nearest planet to the Sun, often rea…

Interview with CERN Director General Professor Rolf Heuer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2012

We caught up with CERN Director General Professor Rolf Heuer at the STEMNET Awards at the House of …