All Biological Sciences

What came first, the sponge or the comb jelly?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 May 2017
Scientists have reignited a zoology debate by claiming the earliest branch of the animal family tre…

Human brain
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 May 2017
This spectacular image of the human brain has been made with a combination of hand drawing, neurosc…

Astrocytes’ effect on internal clock discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2017
Astrocytes, the star shaped cells that surround neurons, have been found to influence the body’s in…

New cocktail encourages stem cell diversification
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Apr 2017
A team of international scientists have discovered a chemical cocktail that enables stem cells to r…

The problem with PCR...
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Apr 2017
Nothing less than a total reimagining of how we perform PCR was the starting point for inventor Ger…

First active TB test created
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Apr 2017
Scientists from three American universities have developed the first rapid test to diagnose active …

Breakthrough raises hope for anti-ageing drug
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2017
Scientists have identified part of a molecular process that enables cells to repair DNA damage, rai…

Is this the dawn of the groupOME?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2017
Can the genome of the people around us really have a direct influence on our own health? Amelie Bau…

Leap forward made in synthetic biology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2017
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an or…

Discovery prompts evolutionary history rethink
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2017
The discovery of fossilised algae suggests that advanced multicellular life evolved much earlier th…

Antibiotics linked to bee population dive
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Mar 2017
The mystery around increasing bee deaths and colony collapse disorder may be linked to antibiotics.

Who’d win a fight between Godzilla and a T. rex?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2017
Following on from How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? Popular science writer Brian Clegg is back wi…

Berry aids brain function improvement
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2017
Concentrated blueberry juice has been found to improve brain function in the elderly, according to …

A taste for understanding
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2017
As consumers become ever more label savvy, demand for foods with fewer ingredients is growing – but…

A right royal success
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Mar 2017
Following a fellowship award from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Alice Hagan set …

The eyes have it for deep sea squid’s survival
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Feb 2017
The first behavioural evidence for why a deep sea squid has developed an ocular oddity has been col…

Less is more for the gatekeeper of oncology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Feb 2017
Late last year Dr Tony Ocasio discovered a first generation cancer inhibitor. Here he talks about t…

How’s your game?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Feb 2017
Reliable, precise and trusted – however, a pipette performs only as well as the operator’s techniqu…

Ruling in CRISPR patent battle
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2017
As a key verdict in the legal battle over exploitation of the CRISPR-Cas9 technology is handed down…

An instrument-free future?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Feb 2017
Molecular diagnostics requires dedicated equipment and electricity – this can present a barrier to…