All Biological Sciences
New species of trapdoor spider discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2016
A PhD student from Griffith University has discovered a large number of new trapdoor spider species…
Patent pending?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Sep 2016
When is a health treatment really new? When is a medical treatment really an invention? Patent atto…
Coming together for microbiology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Sep 2016
From forensic post-mortems to veterinary pathogen drug resistance – two burgeoning microbiological …
Catch them if you can
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2016
When it comes to the performance of your fluorescence microscopy system, every photon is sacred – b…
Ethics of genetics: More than just designer babies
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2016
Work around the human genome and advances in the accessibility and analysis of data, creates huge o…
Antibody validation guidelines released
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2016
An international working group have published the first proposals for validating antibody specifici…
Astronaut successfully sequences DNA in space
Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Aug 2016
DNA has been sequenced in space for the first time ever.
Fungi extracts precious elements from batteries
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Aug 2016
Researchers in the US have used fungi to extract metals from rechargeable batteries.
Stem cell switch unearthed in flatworms
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Aug 2016
Researchers studying flatworms have discovered a ‘ying and yang’ switch that allows for the creatio…
The super-organism behind Nature’s skyscraper
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Aug 2016
Notions of the ‘super-organism’ need to be invoked to truly understand the intelligence behind Natu…
X-ray vision
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Aug 2016
Bees navigate by sensing the polarisation of light. We now know that some rainforest-dwelling bees …
Gene therapy offers different approach to treating depression
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2016
Scientists have shown how manipulating a new target in the brain through gene therapy can lead to n…
Transforming cells to transform lives
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jul 2016
A company in Scotland has devised a novel way to treat type 1 diabetes – producing lab grown islets…
Who’s your daddy?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jul 2016
AlphaBioLabs provide DNA paternity, drug and alcohol testing services and are the only lab used by …
The beauty of the beast
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jul 2016
The enigmatic Tully Monster has become something of a palaeontological icon, yet there is much to l…
Call for epigenetic drug targets for respiratory ailments
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jun 2016
An initiative has been launched to find new epigenetic drug targets for respiratory diseases.
Bubbly oxygen drink could aid cancer treatments
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2016
A drink containing oxygen microbubbles is being developed to make treatment of hard to reach tumour…
£2m grant for researchers to study dementia risks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jun 2016
A team of researchers from Cardiff, Bristol and Oxford University are set to begin investigating a …
Old dog, new tricks
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2016
Have we overlooked some incredible pharmacological properties of aspirin? Martyna Petrulyte takes a…
New plant-based vaccine under investigation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2016
A plant-based polio vaccine, the first of its kind, could be created by a team led by the Universit…
