All Biological Sciences

Sorting the good from the bad bacteria
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2013
There are good bacteria and bad bacteria – some coexisting in the same species – and researchers at…

‘Writing’ artificial membranes on graphene
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2013
Graphene has emerged as a versatile new surface on which to assemble model cell membranes mimicking…

Ribosome-building dance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2013
An important step in building ribosomes is like a strictly choreographed dance say scientists from …

Scientists view 3D chromosomes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2013
Researchers have been able to model the structure of chromosomes when they are active using a novel…

Left or right? It’s not genetic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2013
It is often assumed that handedness is inherited but a new study rules out a strong genetic factor …

Multiple mates improves disease resistance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Oct 2013
Being promiscuous may have benefits say researchers who have found mating with different males help…

British baked beans – yes please
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2013
Baked beans are a staple of the British diet, with over 1.7 million cans consumed in the UK every y…

An evolutionary fear of holes?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2013
Trypophobia is the most common fear you’ve never heard of – but what is it about clusters of holes …

Plant geometry secret revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Sep 2013
Researchers from the University of Leeds have discovered how plants set the angles of their branche…

Polypill key to preventative medicine
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Sep 2013
Taking several pills for one condition is an undesirable but necessary scenario for many, but a new…

Helping hand for panda cubs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2013
As Edinburgh Zoo eagerly anticipates the birth of a panda cub, scientists in Glasgow – together wit…

Key fungus species help explain mysterious bat disease
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Sep 2013
Researchers have identified what might be the key to unravelling the mystery of White Nose Syndrome…

Norwegian bacteria make super sunscreen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2013
Bacteria living in Trondheim Fjord can provide humans with better protection against skin cancer an…

Microbes can influence host evolution
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2013
Contrary to current understanding, a new study has provided direct evidence that an individual’s mi…

Neutron studies reveal HIV drug mechanism weaker than assumed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2013
Neutron studies of an HIV enzyme and its inhibitor have revealed new areas for improvement in drug …

Bacteria-coated seeds enable crops to fix nitrogen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2013
Technology developed at the University of Nottingham could enable all the world’s crops to take nit…

Seeing depth through a single lens
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2013
Microscopists may soon be able to create a 3D image through a single lens, without moving the camer…

Evolutionary grains of sand
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2013
Evolutionary ecologists are using “grains of sand” to understand more about evolutionary processes.…

Henrietta Lacks’ family win recognition for immortal cell line
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Sep 2013
The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose tumour cells revolutionised modern medicine, have been…

Dengue disease findings could influence anti-viral drugs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2013
A new study into Dengue, an insect-borne tropical disease that infects up to 390 million worldwide …