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Early arthropods evolved into filter feeders

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Mar 2014

Newly discovered fossils of marine animal Tamisiocaris suggest the early arthropod evolved into sus…

Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2014

A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a mole…

Merm1 cancer target

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2014

A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the develo…

Understanding chromatography saves pharma big money

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2014

By fine tuning a critical process in drug manufacture, researchers at Rice University say they can …

Epigenetic root to endometriosis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Mar 2014

An epigenetic modification could be an integral component in endometriosis and its progression sugg…

Antimicrobial pizza herb

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Mar 2014

A simple herb used on pizzas could play an important role in defeating the winter vomiting bug say …

Surplus neurons could cause neurodevelopmental disorders

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2014

Autism could be caused by cells called microglia failing to trim unnecessary connections between ne…

Circadian clock sensitive to vibration

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Mar 2014

The internal circadian clock of the fruit fly can be influenced by more than just the cycle of nigh…

Prostate cancer drugs ‘not treating root cause’

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2014

New drugs aimed at treating prostate cancer may not be targeting the root cause of the disease say …

Cognitive powers unique to humans

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Mar 2014

An area of the brain responsible for strategic planning, decision making and multi-tasking is uniqu…

Cas9’s secrets revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2014

Bacterial enzyme Cas9 needs short DNA sequences to identify and degrade foreign DNA during viral in…

Sudden collapse could await insect networks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2014

Insect pollinators play a crucial role in food security and biodiversity and are already subject to…

On-demand nano-vaccines

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2014

Vaccines produced on the spot when and where a disease is breaking out might be possible thanks to …

Sodium key to opioid brain signalling

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Feb 2014

A high-resolution 3-D view of an opioid receptor’s atomic structure has resolved the 40-year myster…

Life Sciences awards open

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2014

Cogent SSC are now accepting nominations for the 2014 UK Life Science Skills Awards, aimed at rewar…

Too few unsung heroes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jan 2014

The honeybee is the unsung hero of the countryside, but there are 13.4 million too few colonies to …

Breakthrough in nanowires

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jan 2014

In a series of papers, researchers have documented a breakthrough in laser action in semiconductor …

Aphids act as pawns to spread viruses

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jan 2014

Aphids have become the pawns of crop-infecting viruses which influence their host and force them to…

Chemical structures transferred to public domain

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2014

Patented chemical structures are to be transferred to the public domain, giving researchers access …

Unique organ gives koalas low-pitched call

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2013

Koalas have an unusual mating call; its pitch is about 20 times lower than it should be for an anim…