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Andromeda in ultraviolet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2010

The most distant object visible to the naked eye – the Andromeda Galaxy – has been bought into focu…

Star Wars hologram to be reality

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2010

Holographic messages like Princess Leia’s call for help in Star Wars could become a reality thanks …

Smoker's brain

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2010

Does smoking lead to a thinning of a specific region of the cerebral cortex, or are people with a t…

The Holy Grail for cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2010

The “Holy Grail” for bone cancer treatment could be in the form of bacteria modified to kill cancer…

Science Nobels awarded to UK researchers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Nov 2010

The UK is at the forefront of science and engineering, and we’re a magnet for overseas researchers;…

Chocolate’s future is sweet

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2010

The future of chocolate is sweet after two research groups announced they have sequenced the genome…

Laboratory livers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Nov 2010

Scientists hope to end the shortage of livers available for transplantation after growing a miniatu…

Is cancer man-made?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Nov 2010

Cancer is a man-made disease caused by environmental factors like pollution and diet according to r…

Chorus causes aurora

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2010

Chorus waves are responsible for the diffuse aurora – a faint glow of light in the upper atmosphere…

Salmonella to fight cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2010

The way Salmonella bacteria infect humans could be exploited to kill cancerous cells say scientists…

Mendel’s flower gene finally found

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Nov 2010

Gregor Mendel planted peas segregated for flower colour 150 years ago but he couldn’t pinpoint the …

And the winner is...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2010

An award set up to recognise excellence in technical work in support of chemical sciences has annou…

Foam mimics bone

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Oct 2010

A titanium foam capable of mimicking the traits of human bone has been created by German scientists…

As the icicle turns

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2010

Canadian iciclologists have discovered the perfect conditions to grow smooth uniform icicles – pure…

Smells like aphids

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2010

The orchid has come up with a clever trick to dupe hoverflies into laying their eggs in the flower …

Feeling down in the dumps?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2010

It’s hard to pin down the cause of depression – different things cause people to start the downward…

DISCO to find key to bioethanol

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2010

Spruce chips, wheat straw and waste bran – just a few of the industrial leftovers scientists are ho…

Nanocoating wipes out MRSA

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2010

Scientists have developed a nano-coating that kills 100% of MRSA within 20 minutes, a feat which ma…

Left or right – which hand do you prefer?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2010

Right-handed people use their left hand more when the left hand side of the brain is stimulated say…

Deep sea freeze

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2010

Why don’t fish freeze in the ocean? They have an antifreeze protein in their blood, and scientists …