All Biological Sciences
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 …
Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2013
A decellularised mouse heart was able to contract and beat again when it was rebuilt with human ste…
Robotic frog improves boring mating call
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2013
A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attracti…
Electrically charged insects perfect prey for spiders
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Aug 2013
Spider webs take advantage of an electrical charge built up by flying insects to snare their prey s…
Watering your crops by phone
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Aug 2013
A new app has been developed which means smart phones could soon monitor irrigation water use accor…
