Latest News
Velcro-like cells aid bee grip
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jun 2012
Flowers blowing in the wind can be difficult for pollinating insects like bees to handle, but new r…
Key to sperm-to-egg binding found
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jun 2012
Key to fertility in mammals is a gene and its encoded protein – protein disulphide isomerase homolo…
New model to predict earthquake behaviour
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jun 2012
Scientists have taken a step towards understanding how earthquakes develop thanks to a new computer…
New technique to predict heart attacks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jun 2012
A new imaging technique combining positron emission tomography (PET) and computerised tomography co…
James Webb Space Telescope delivers first instrument
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2012
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre has taken delivery of the first instrument for the James Webb Sp…
Wellcome Trust create £200m fund for life sciences
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2012
The Wellcome Trust is to launch a £200m investments business for healthcare and life sciences.!--mo…
Yeti hunting
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2012
The hunt for the Yeti is on as scientists intend to use the latest genetic techniques to investigat…
You are what you eat
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2012
What you eat affects how you think suggests research which shows a diet high in sugar can slow the …
Is water essential to life?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2012
Contrary to popular belief, proteins are not dependant on water to survive and function say researc…
Volcanic diamond production
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 May 2012
Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered a previously unrecognised volcanic pr…
Structure of new drug target determined
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 May 2012
An international team of scientists have opened up new avenues for drug discovery after determining…
Prestigious award for cancer researchers
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 May 2012
A multidisciplinary team of researchers which discovered 16 preclinical drug candidates in six year…
Nanopore readers for DNA sequencing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 May 2012
A nanoscale sensor able to electronically read the sequence of a single DNA molecule could lead to …
Secrets of rare stamps revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2012
Philatelists have turned to science after the authenticity of three rare Penny Red stamps was calle…
Boost for high performance computing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 May 2012
High performance computing has received a £3.7m boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Re…
High heels and ostrich legs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 May 2012
Women walking in extremely high heels exert the same force on the ground as a strutting ostrich and…
Ancient viruses hide in genetic 'dark matter'
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 May 2012
Scientists have uncovered important information about the ‘dark matter’ of our genomes, revealing c…
Willingness to work down to dopamine
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 May 2012
Slacker or go-getter – how hard you’re willing to work is strongly influenced by the chemistry in t…
Plants can combat rising CO2
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2012
Terrestrial ecosystems may be able to absorb more anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions than previ…
CTCs could predict chance of survival
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2012
Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in the blood of women with early breast cancer could provide import…
