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Half and half – chickens that puzzled scientists

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Apr 2010

Chickens that appear male on one side and female on the other have baffled scientists for years, bu…

Attack of the killer electrons

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Apr 2010

What do you get if you smash fast-moving electrons in orbit with shock waves from a solar storm? Ki…

Sea squirts new model for Alzheimer's

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2010

Sea squirts are perhaps a seemingly unlikely model for Alzheimer’s disease, but scientists have mad…

New sensors for fMRI

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Apr 2010

A functional magnetic resonance imaging tool capable of detecting levels of neurotransmitters could…

An apple a day...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2010

An apple a day could keep the doctor away according to new study which found soluble fibre in the f…

Where will your vote go?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2010

After being brushed aside during past elections, science is now becoming a major issue so why are t…

Poison to become medicine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Apr 2010

Scorpions are well-known for the sting in their tail - but the venom could form the basis of new me…

Special Easter plea for unwanted equipment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Apr 2010

The N/a’an ku sê Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary are appealing for donations of unwanted medical and l…

The seeds of change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Mar 2010

Each year, farmers fork out for hardy and pest-resistant seeds which they can’t produce themselves …

Stem cell research breakthrough

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Mar 2010

In a recent breakthrough, scientists have discovered how to grow copious amounts of adult stem cell…

Aston Uni leads the way

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Mar 2010

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology has launched a £660m project which aims to deve…

Unlocking opium

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2010

Genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine have been discovered by researchers a…

Accidental discovery in MEMS

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Mar 2010

A serendipitous discovery by scientists at MIT could lead to cheaper, more pliable microelectromech…

Seen it through the grapevine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Mar 2010

Electron microscopy has enabled researchers in America to see for the first time how a bacterium th…

A classic case of Brain freeze

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Mar 2010

Three-dimensional images of structures involved in communication in the brain have been obtained us…

A night on the town

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Mar 2010

Its official – beer is good for you, or so say scientists from the University of California who hav…

Energy from down under

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Mar 2010

A few miles below the Earth’s surface, there is a huge, untapped power source which could provide a…

Nanotech looks to the sticky feet of gecko

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Mar 2010

Science often tries to mimic what nature has already achieved, and nanotechnology is no exception –…

Junk DNA could help diagnose cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2010

Genetic rogue elements produced by ‘junk DNA’ could help diagnose breast and bowel cancers accordin…

The future of fusion

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Mar 2010

Nuclear fusion could provide a virtually endless supply of energy with no carbon emissions and litt…