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Human microbiome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2019

There is so much to be discovered about the human microbiome, but what we do know is pretty amazing…

Climate change boosts banana disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2019

Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops.!--more--

The …

Flea bacteria

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

This digitally colourised scanning electron microscopic image depicts a number of yellow  Yersinia …

Making a value judgement

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 May 2019

Bioethics has become a global endeavour – and a good thing too says Catherine Joynson. As we push t…

A very fertile mind

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2019

Professor Simon Fishel worked with the team that created the first IVF baby in 1978 and with Nobel …

One at a time

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Apr 2019

Watching biological processes one molecule at a time is an incredibly difficult task… but it is get…

Better tattoo be safe

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2019

As hipster cool reaches ‘peak-ink’ the scientific literature is awash with studies on the safety of…

Moral morsels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2019

It is a troubling business. The simple act of lifting a morsel to your mouth is now fraught with di…

Beyond the usual suspects

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2019

Having trained as a physicist, I find the Francis Crick Institute’s strategy of ‘discovery without…

Blood vessels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2019

This amazing image of subarachnoid blood vessels won Matt MacGregor Sharp – a PhD student at the Un…

An edit for good?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2019

Gene editing could allow incredible crop improvements, with the potential to reduce the harmful imp…

Bringing malaria diagnostics into the fold

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2019

Malaria is one of the biggest killers on the planet. Early diagnosis is considered an incredibly im…

Put that snack down you fools!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2019

For all those that partake in the occasional lab-based munch, Dr Matthew Partridge has some gentle …

Making a human connection

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2019

As organ-on-a-chip technology advances at pace, the next step is to connect them and understand a n…

Making the Crick… tick

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2019

An intriguing invitation took Dr Emily Scott-Dearing behind the scenes of The Francis Crick Institu…

Spending a penny to battle pandemics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2019

As the seat-belt light stubbornly refuses to go out, and the three G&Ts sunk even before the pilot …

Chameleon embryo

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2019

This incredible image was awarded ‘Honorable Mention status in the 2018 Nikon Small World competiti…

The bigger the better

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Mar 2019

A UK-wide prohibition on the use of plastic microbeads in some cosmetic and personal care products …

A word on Watson…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2019

That a scientist who uncovered the very structure of the code of life should be called out on racis…

Crop crisis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2019

Regardless of where you stand on the ethics of GM food, one thing is undeniable – a recent decision…