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New method to control bee parasite

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Feb 2016

A way to control a parasitic mite that is responsible for the dwindling number of bee colonies worl…

Earthworm threatens diversity

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2016

The earthworm may threaten plant diversity in ecosystems, according to Canadian researchers.

Antidepressants double suicide risk in children

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2016

Children and teenagers who take one of the five most commonly prescribed antidepressants have a dou…

Chemical camouflage for deadly snake

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Feb 2016

Puff adders – the most dangerous snake in Africa – responsible for more than 30,000 deaths every ye…

Food preservative found to kill cancer cells

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jan 2016

A naturally occurring food preservative, nisin, has been found effective at destroying cancer and a…

Cholesterol reducing drug could positively affect Parkinson’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jan 2016

A trial has begun in the UK to see the effects of cholesterol lowering drug, Simvastin, in those af…

Brain inflammation link found in Alzheimer’s study

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jan 2016

Blocking receptors in the brain responsible for controlling immune cells could protect against chan…

Bacterium ‘taught’ to photosynthesise

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2016

Researchers have managed to induce a bacterium to perform photosynthesis.

Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016

Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amy…

Humans evolved to sleep more efficiently

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jan 2016

Humans sleep more efficiently than our closest relatives, according to research by scientists.

Antidepressants show effect on lifespan

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jan 2016

Scientists have begun to understand more about the effects of ageing through experiments on the lif…

Umbilical stem cells help retinal neurons grow

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2016

Cells found in human umbilical cord tissue could be used in future treatment of degenerative eye di…

Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Dec 2015

Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.

Lead exposure can affect children’s sleep

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Dec 2015

Lead exposure in early childhood can increase the risk for sleep problems, new study finds.

Ancient bees collected pollen in two ways

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2015

The ancestors of honeybees that lived 50 million years ago collected pollen in two ways.

Brain mechanism for durable memories revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Dec 2015

Rehearsing information immediately after being given it may be all you need to make it a permanent …

Chicken study reveals speedy and dynamic evolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Dec 2015

Mutations in chicken genomes suggest that evolution rates could occur 15 times faster than previous…

Life hits 4.1 billion years

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2015

New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.