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Sensors for the real world

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2012

New resonators for gravimetric sensing developed at the University of Cambridge negate the effect o…

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…

Nearby ‘super-Earth’ may support life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Dec 2012

An international team of astronomers have discovered an alien planet, believed to have a similar cl…

Improving fingerprint identification

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2012

A new approach for making finger prints on paper more visible has been developed by scientists at t…

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…

X-ray prism reveals chemical changes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2012

Ultrashort, ultrabright X-ray laser pulses can reveal details of chemically important molecules at …

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…

Cooling crystals prevent computer meltdown

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Dec 2012

A new efficient way to pump or extract heat using crystals has been discovered by researchers at th…

“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…

Water ice discovered on Mercury

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2012

Water ice has been discovered on Mercury, despite it being the nearest planet to the Sun, often rea…

Interview with CERN Director General Professor Rolf Heuer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2012

We caught up with CERN Director General Professor Rolf Heuer at the STEMNET Awards at the House of …

Scientists welcome rejection of British Antarctic Survey merger

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2012

The Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to me…

Moon born in violent collision

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2012

Planetary scientists have discovered evidence that the Moon was created when a body the size of Mar…

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…

New approach for invisibility

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Nov 2012

A team at MIT has developed a new approach for allowing objects to become “invisible.” The new conc…

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…

Creating nanoscale rainbows

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Nov 2012

King’s College London scientists have discovered how to separate colours – “creating rainbows” usin…

STEMNET awards for inspiring the next generation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Nov 2012

Laboratory News was invited to attend the National STEMNET Awards ceremony at the House of Lords on…

First ever images of Landau levels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Nov 2012

Landau Levels – the quantum levels that determine electron behaviour in a strong magnetic field – h…

Surprise black hole duo discovery

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Nov 2012

An international team of astronomers have made an unexpected discovery about globular star clusters…