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Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016

Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amy…

New use discovered for graphene

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jan 2016

Graphene has been found to be adept at filtering subatomic particles, by a team of UK scientists.

Humans evolved to sleep more efficiently

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jan 2016

Humans sleep more efficiently than our closest relatives, according to research by scientists.

New power source trialled by scientists

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jan 2016

A new power source combining solar power and hydrogen fuel is being trialled by US researchers.

New firefighting foam created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jan 2016

Ceramic firefighting foam that can handles temperatures of more than 1000°C has been created by Rus…

Volcanic event responsible for Jurassic Period ice age

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2016

Scientists have uncovered the reason behind an ice age that took place around 170 million years ago…

White blood cell cocktail offers regenerative possibilities

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jan 2016

Irradiated white blood cells have been found to release substances that reduce the severity of cell…

Antidepressants show effect on lifespan

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jan 2016

Scientists have begun to understand more about the effects of ageing through experiments on the lif…

Quantum Physics conundrum proved unsolvable

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jan 2016

A physics problem on determining whether a material has superconductive properties or nor has been …

Umbilical stem cells help retinal neurons grow

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2016

Cells found in human umbilical cord tissue could be used in future treatment of degenerative eye di…

Model developed to predict platelet aggregation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jan 2016

Biophysicists have created a mathematical model to predict arterial thrombus formation – the main c…

Metformin affects diabetic trial studies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2015

Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition…

Invisible wires could improve solar efficiency

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Dec 2015

Scientists have found a way to improve solar cell design, improving efficiency and lowering the cos…

New facility opens to accelerate the commercialisation of quantum technologies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Dec 2015

New facility – Quantum Metrology Institute (QMI) – aiming to help the development of new quantum te…

Boost for Oxford biopharmaceutical spin-out

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Dec 2015

Nightstar – a biopharmaceutical company spun out from the University of Oxford specialising in deve…

Electrical paper material developed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Dec 2015

Swedish scientists have developed a paper-like material with the ability to store electricity.

Cosmic web reveals stellar skeleton

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Dec 2015

Three filaments of hot gas have been revealed by the XMM-Newton space observatory, revealing part o…

Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Dec 2015

Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.

New species of dinosaur found in Spain

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Dec 2015

A new ‘sail-backed’ dinosaur is reported to have been found by Spanish scientists in Morella, Caste…

New butterfly species to be named after Sir David Attenborough

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2015

A new species of satyrid butterflies discovered in Southern America will be dedicated to Sir David …