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Tamiflu resistance mechanism revealed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2010

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have identified the molecular changes that a…

Plastic fantastic antibodies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2010

Plastic antibodies capable of mimicking the body’s immune system by recognising and fighting infect…

Carbon dioxide storage solution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2010

Thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide could be pumped underground to mix with minerals and become r…

UTCs open in London and Manchester

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Jun 2010

The University of Manchester and Imperial College London are to play home to two new University Tec…

Anti-reflection taken to nano levels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2010

Moth’s eyes are perfectly non-reflective, enabling them to remain hidden from predators as they hun…

Frog genome to provide clues to development

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2010

The genome of Xenopus tropicalis – a frog with genes similar to humans and mice – has been sequence…

Cool cat promises energy revolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jun 2010

An inexpensive metal catalyst could be the key to generating hydrogen gas from water according to a…

Spot the difference

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2010

Cheap supermarket brand vodka and brand labelled vodka – what’s the difference? Vodka is virtually …

Tattoos to help diabetics monitor blood sugar

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2010

Tattoos one day may be more than just a piece of artwork on the body as scientists are developing a…

Counting spots

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2010

The biggest ever survey of UK ladybirds is due to take place – and with 45 different species native…

Salad spinner brings blood test revolution

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Jun 2010

A salad spinner could revolutionise blood tests in the developing world as, after a few minor modif…

Earthquake whispers reveal Earth’s secrets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jun 2010

By listening to earthquake ‘whispers’ scientists at the University of Calgary believe they have gai…

SAD genes identified

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2010

New treatments for SAD –seasonal affective disorder – may be on the cards thanks to research from M…

Resisting cisplatin

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2010

Cancerous tumours treated with cisplatin quickly become resistant to the drug, and researchers from…

The mighty resurrection

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jun 2010

In research that has more than a wiff of Jurassic Park about it, palaeobiologists use genomics to g…

Cheese to improve immune system

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2010

Cheese can help preserve and enhance the immune system of elderly people by acting as a carrier of …

Thinking outside the box

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2010

Highly creative people have a similar dopamine system to people with schizophrenia according to new…

Track, predict and spit

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 May 2010

By tracking the movements of their prey and predicting where they will be 200ms later, snakes are a…

Divide and divide

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2010

Almost 600 genes play a part in mitosis according to the results of a study into the most common fo…

Five new genetic variants that could cause cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2010

More than 45,500 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year, and scientists have now discov…