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Correcting the genome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Nov 2011

Scientists have successfully and cleanly corrected a gene mutation in a patient’s stem cells, remov…

Special Report: Nobel Prizes head to America

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2011

The immune system, quasicrystals and the ever-accelerating universe – this was the science that sco…

Heme hijacker

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Nov 2011

Heme – one of the key pigments of life – can be synthesised via a new, unusual and unexpected chemi…

Cooking up the perfect plastic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Nov 2011

Scientists have solved a long-standing problem that could revolutionise the way plastics are develo…

Nanoantenna splits light

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2011

Swedish scientists have developed a nanoantenna that can act as a router for red and blue light, ev…

Glow in the dark brains

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2011

Glioblastoma is one of the common and most harmful primary malignant brain tumours in adults, and m…

Real-life Scrat unearthed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2011

The animators of Ice Age might not have been too far off the mark when the created the loveable sab…

Smartphone set for space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2011

Scientists in Surrey have been developing a nanosatellite on a shoestring budget – their smartphone…

Cholesterol key to ‘sneaky’ HIV weakness

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2011

Removing cholesterol from the membrane surrounding the HIV virus could point to a new method of pre…

What a difference a D20 makes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Nov 2011

Water is one of the simplest and most abundant chemicals on the planet, but scientists are still wo…

Research leads to TV gold

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2011

There’s nothing worse for the telly addicts amongst us than sitting down to watch TV and getting an…

Cosmic Vision

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2011

The UK is set to unlock the secrets of the Sun and search for dark energy after the European Space …

Graphene gets £50m boost

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2011

The University of Manchester is to house the Graphene Global Research and Technology Hub after Chan…

Foam treatment for varicose veins

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Oct 2011

Varicose veins can be unsightly and agonising, and just as painful to remove but foam injections co…

Is your iPhone a (sp)iPhone?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2011

You get to work each morning, take out your phone and put it on your desk, but this very action cou…

Facebook linked to size of brain

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2011

The number of Facebook friends you have and the size of particular brain regions are directly linke…

Glass conundrum answered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2011

Glass – is it a liquid or a solid? The question that has stumped scientists for years may now have …

Avoiding the angiogram

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2011

The painful experience of a catheter in the heart might be avoidable for some patients presenting w…

New genetic variants for lung health discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2011

Sixteen new sections of the genetic code that relate to lung health have been discovered by an inte…

Growing graphene

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Oct 2011

Manchester might be home to graphene’s discovery, but across the pond scientists are working on way…