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Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Mar 2016
US scientists are looking at ways to influence how mosquitoes mate to control the diseases they spr…
British scientists win neuroscience prize
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Mar 2016
A trio of British scientists have won the world’s largest prize for brain research, awarded by the …
Ebola still affects survivors after they recover
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Feb 2016
With Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey hospitalised after complications with her recovery from the i…
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…
