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Efficiency is dragonfly secret

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jun 2008

Scientists have used a specially designed robot dragonfly to examine the aerodynamic consequences o…

Shock tactics deter sharks from death

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 May 2008

Scientists think they may have a way to shock sharks into avoiding fishing nets – something which k…

Private funding for shock institute

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2008

AWE, the private company that operates and manages the Atomic Weapons Establishment on behalf of th…

Crispy noodles help drive hydrogen cars

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2008

Researchers from the University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce …

Britains heading to flood-rich period

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2008

Experts are warning that the summer of 2007 was not a one off – and that more flooding is on the wa…

Moonlight serenades - lemur style

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 May 2008

Humans might think that finding the perfect partner is hard but at least when we do, even in the di…

UK professor wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 May 2008

Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, chairman of UK space exploration company Surrey Satellite Technology…

Scientists hope lightning does strike twice

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 May 2008

A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for t…

Synthetic biology gives ecosystem clues

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2008

Bioengineers have used genetically altered bacteria to provide new insights into how the complex re…

Plant scientists turn on athlete's foot

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2008

A green-fingered approach is being taken by scientists to help the millions of people who suffer th…

Team burst bubble on cyclone secrets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 May 2008

French researchers have discovered that vortices created in soap bubbles behave like hurricanes in …

World's oldest living tree marker of climate change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 May 2008

The world’s oldest recorded tree - clocking in at an ancient 9,550 years old - has been found in Sw…

Scientists hear power of hurricane

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2008

Researchers at MIT think that they may be on to a better, cheaper way of detecting the power of a h…

Throw out the drummer jokes - rhythm is clever

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2008

New research suggests that all those jokes at the expense of drummers may be way off the mark - it …

Parents didn't stand for children

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2008

Carrying your children may well be good for bonding – but, according to new research, it doesn’t ex…

Bat mums turn to clay for the kids

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2008

Zoologists have found that bats overcome toxins in their diet with a love for mineral water and cla…

Solar flare sparks massive sunquake

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2008

Data from the SOHO spacecraft – a joint NASA and ESA project – has shown astronomers powerful starq…

Influenza pandemics no deadlier than seasonal flu

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 May 2008

As researchers discover that seasonal flu is seeded by viruses originating in Asia - one scientist …

'ban food colourings' say food standards agency

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2008

Based on UK research, the Food Standards Agency is to recommend to Ministers the phasing out of six…

Ant society rife with royal corruption

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Apr 2008

Far from being a model of social co-operation, the ant world is riddled with cheating and corruptio…