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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…
Nanoparticles combat ageing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2012
Spanish scientists have developed a nanodevice that may have applications in the future development…
Memories of a sleeping brain
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2012
Researchers have discovered that a region of the brain – involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer…
The sentinel sea cow
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2012
Manatees may reflect the quality of health in marine ecosystems according to a long-term, collabora…
‘Barcode’ blood test for prostate cancer
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2012
A blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode, and can detect aggressive prostate cancer h…
Fear skews spatial perception
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Oct 2012
Fear can skew our spatial perception of approaching objects, suggests a study published in Current …
Modelling embryo development
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2012
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have studied how gene networks contr…
