All Biological Sciences
Glacier melting accelerated by dark microbial life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Feb 2013
Scientists previously viewed glaciers as “lifeless lumps of ice” but an Aberystwyth University-led …
Ovary development theory overturned
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Feb 2013
The theory of ovary development has been overturned by new research from the University of Adelaide…
A gullet-scanner the size of a pill
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Feb 2013
Medical Imaging
Researchers have developed an imaging system enclosed in a capsule about the size of…
The surprising way a tadpole regrows its tail
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Feb 2013
Scientists at the University of Manchester have discovered, to their surprise, that a tadpole’s abi…
Light exposure vital for developing eye
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2013
Developmental Biology
Research published in Nature concludes that light exposure during pregnancy is…
Protein SP2 crucial to neuron creation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jan 2013
A cell cycle regulator protein called Sp2 may be the key to the proper creation of neurons from ste…
X-ray laser to slay sleeping sickness parasite
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2013
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has revealed the three-dimensional structure of an important …
Fossilised microbe discovered in 200 million year old leech cocoon
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2013
Palaeobiologists at the University of Kansas have discovered a ciliate fossil embedded in the wall …
Artificial brain mimics human abilities and flaws
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jan 2013
Canadian scientists have created the world’s largest functioning brain model which produces complex…
Promising nanotechnology for nerve research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Dec 2012
University of Michigan researchers report success in developing polymer nanofiber technologies for …
Chloroplasts could control crop ripening
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Dec 2012
Biologists at Leicester University have discovered that a plant cell regulation process also affect…
XMaS teeth studies establish our ancestors’ journeys
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2012
Scientists have teamed up with archaeologists to use X-rays to perform the world’s most detailed an…
Frankincense is not just for Christmas…
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2012
Frankincense, the undeniable fragrance of Christmas, is in high demand but this means that many Bos…
Why blind mole rats don’t get cancer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2012
Biologists have determined why blind mole rats are immune to cancer. The mechanism differs from tha…
Neutron scattering reveals drug mechanism
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2012
New insights into the origin of the side effects of an antifungal drug have been provided by neutro…
Oceanic turbulence affects marine food web
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Dec 2012
Numerical simulations have shown for the first time that the movement of seawater can directly affe…
“Pinocchio Effect” confirmed: lying affects the nose
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2012
Spanish researchers have confirmed the existence of a “Pinocchio Effect” when someone is fibbing. H…
Insects shape genetic landscapes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Nov 2012
Plant-eating insects’ preferences play a fundamental role in maintaining and shaping the genetic va…
UK Flusurvey goes viral
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Nov 2012
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are appealing for people to sig…
Mollusc missing link discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2012
A rare fossil called Kulindroplax, the missing link between two mollusc groups, has been discovered…
