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Planet hunters score a perfect 10

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Apr 2008

The discovery of 10 new planets has been announced at the Royal Astronomical Society’s largest ever…

Sharks shop for food just like us

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2008

Sharks and other marine animals find food using a similar search pattern to the way people may shop…

Penicillin back in bug war

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Apr 2008

Research has uncovered how Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicill…

Budget sells short green issues

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2008

The environmentally focused budget predicted by many did not materialise and although the chancello…

Foot-and-mouth lab 'ineffective' says review

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2008

It was “creeping degradation of standards” at the Institute for Animal Health’s Pirbright laborator…

Mobile camera developers snap up commercial prize

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Mar 2008

Four researchers from the University of Edinburgh, who all played a key role in the development of …

UK company aids fire service with positioning system

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2008

The Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service has joined forces with the Research and Technology lab of Tha…

Researchers target rusty worms

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2008

Researchers have found that the way we transport iron through our blood stream can malfunction and …

New light source given go ahead

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2008

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) have given the go ahead for a project to devel…

New research reveals our flock mentality

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Mar 2008

Have you ever arrived somewhere and wondered how you got there? Scientists at the University of Lee…

Microbes hold key to climate change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2008

We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitant…

Listen up - our hearing is perfect for a cocktail party

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2008

Ever managed to isolate what a particular person is saying while simultaneously ignoring what anoth…

ET targeted for a spot of consumerism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2008

First came unmanned probes then a dog, and then the space race’s crowning achievement – man. Now - …

World's strongest creature harbours colour change secret

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2008

Not only is the aptly named Hercules Beetle the strongest creature in the world, capable of lifting…

Ol' blue eyes is back

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2008

New research suggests that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor.

Diamond synchrotron preserves Tudor war ship

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Mar 2008

Cutting edge synchrotron technology generating light beams 10 billion times brighter than the sun a…

UK students create a STORM in space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Mar 2008

An instrument designed and developed by research students at the University of Southampton has visi…

Sprouts can damage ecosystem

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Mar 2008

Children and greenfly may have something else in common apart from being little pests – neither is …

Climate change could spark insect invasion

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Mar 2008

Insatiable insects will feast upon plants and crops if temperatures warm and atmospheric carbon dio…

Portable gadgets get boost from knees up

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2008

For those among us that are fond of the odd gadget, but don’t want to waste time charging them at h…