All Biological Sciences


Medicines Discovery Catapult partners LifeArc for biomarker R&D

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

Medicines Discovery Catapult and LifeArc have announced partnerships to advance R&D in biomarker di…

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 …

Antimicrobial microrobots remove biofilms

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2019

Magnetic microrobots could offer an alternative to antibacterial drugs as a way of destroying biofi…

First US based human trial of CRISPR

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2019

The University of Pennsylvania has announced it has started the first formal US human trial using t…

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…

Colourful egg for seabird recognition

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2019

The colourful appearance of the common murre egg is due to a genetic ability of the mother to manip…

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…

Internet of Thoughts

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2019

Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain…

Oil-degrading bacterium

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2019

Hydrocarbon-eating bacteria found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans could help clean up mad…

'Cthulhu' fossil suggests monstrous sea cucumber precursor

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2019

A newly discovered fossil has given insights into a monstrous relative of the sea cucumber.!--more-…

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…

Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2019

Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in p…

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…

NASA details ISS microbes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Apr 2019

A comprehensive study of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces on the International Space Station co…

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…

Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2019

A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimi…

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 …