All Biological Sciences
Next-gen optical tweezers
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2019
Optical tweezers require laser beams to hold particles in place. But the high intensities of light …
New influenza virus could spread via pets
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2019
Two influenza strains could combine to form a dangerous new influenza virus that spreads via our be…
Silver lining kills superbugs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2019
An silver coating has been found to reduce antimicrobial resistance aboard the International Space …
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…
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…
Reading the immune system
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Feb 2019
It is a combination of academia and industry which is helping Aleksandr Kovaltsuk read the logbook …
Human neurons
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2019
This incredible image was awarded ‘Image of Distinction’ status in the 2018 Nikon Small World compe…
Shooting down HIV hope
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2019
When Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, all passengers and crew were…
Applications that make the cut
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2019
There’s been a lot of news and hype about CRISPR, but what can it actually do? Dr Bahri Karacay ta…
The necrosome and the killer zombie proteins
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jan 2019
As cell biologists gets to grips with the relatively recent discovery of non-apoptotic programmed c…
3D printed implant repairs spinal cords
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jan 2019
A 3D-printed implant loaded with neural stem cells has been used to repair severe spinal cord injur…
Liquid gold
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2019
Seventy years ago, a research paper published in France went almost unnoticed, but its findings led…
CRISPR reengineered to block other proteins
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jan 2019
Gene editing tool CRISPR has been repurposed as a gene blocker in order to study antimicrobial resi…
A very complex disturbance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2019
Given what we know about how impactful humans have been on the environment, the idea that we actual…
Swirling bacterium
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jan 2019
Individual bacteria and biofilms can generate currents strong enough to draw distant nutrients, acc…
Seasonal kissing and unfortunate penguins
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jan 2019
So that’s it then. That was the season to be jolly, and now the thick grey coat of January threaten…
