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Climate change boosts banana disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2019

Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops.!--more--

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Gene therapy regenerates heart tissue

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

A coding gene has been shown to regenerate cells in pig hearts, which may help repair structural da…

Medicines Discovery Catapult partners LifeArc for biomarker R&D

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 May 2019

Medicines Discovery Catapult and LifeArc have announced partnerships to advance R&D in biomarker di…

Antimicrobial microrobots remove biofilms

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2019

Magnetic microrobots could offer an alternative to antibacterial drugs as a way of destroying biofi…

First US based human trial of CRISPR

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2019

The University of Pennsylvania has announced it has started the first formal US human trial using t…

Colourful egg for seabird recognition

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Apr 2019

The colourful appearance of the common murre egg is due to a genetic ability of the mother to manip…

Internet of Thoughts

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Apr 2019

Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain…

Oil-degrading bacterium

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2019

Hydrocarbon-eating bacteria found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans could help clean up mad…

'Cthulhu' fossil suggests monstrous sea cucumber precursor

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Apr 2019

A newly discovered fossil has given insights into a monstrous relative of the sea cucumber.!--more-…

Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2019

Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in p…

NASA details ISS microbes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Apr 2019

A comprehensive study of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces on the International Space Station co…

Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2019

A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimi…

Next-gen optical tweezers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2019

Optical tweezers require laser beams to hold particles in place. But the high intensities of light …

New influenza virus could spread via pets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2019

Two influenza strains could combine to form a dangerous new influenza virus that spreads via our be…

Silver lining kills superbugs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2019

An silver coating has been found to reduce antimicrobial resistance aboard the International Space …

3D printed implant repairs spinal cords

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jan 2019

A 3D-printed implant loaded with neural stem cells has been used to repair severe spinal cord injur…

CRISPR reengineered to block other proteins

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jan 2019

Gene editing tool CRISPR has been repurposed as a gene blocker in order to study antimicrobial resi…

Swirling bacterium

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jan 2019

Individual bacteria and biofilms can generate currents strong enough to draw distant nutrients, acc…

Brain pacemaker controls optogenetics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2019

A miniature wireless implant could allow more efficient optogenetics in the human brain, according …

Bioprocess turns pine needles into new products

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2019

A new bioprocess could turn pine needles on abandoned Christmas trees into environmentally friendly…