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Better batteries? The answer is blowing in the wind…

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jun 2009

A new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops could be just around the corner thanks…

Sports drinks outdone by humble cereal

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2009

A bowl of whole-grain cereal is as good as a sports drink for recovery after exercise.

Just why do unusual things persist?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jun 2009

Rare traits persist in a population because predators detect common forms of prey more easily.

Attack on great pillar of physics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jun 2009

A new paper by a UK academic attempts to slay two giants in one claiming that the Large Hadron Coll…

Nature holds key to improved carbon capture

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2009

A team of academics have gone back to nature to figure out how to bring carbon capture and storage …

Human nose too cold for flu

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2009

Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person\'s nose is …

Wandering aphid describes animal kingdom

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2009

It may be the nemesis of the more green fingered amongst you – but the humble aphid holds the key t…

H.pylori link to cancer shown

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jun 2009

Almost 65% of cases of stomach cancer are related to Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria but u…

Just what is the risk?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jun 2009

Swine flu, avian flu and SARS – It seems that infectious disease is rarely far from a headline – bu…

Islands vital for global biodiversity

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 May 2009

Researchers have found that islands are more important for maintaining global biodiversity than mai…

Electrospinning makes fibres from liquid

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 May 2009

Researchers from MIT have been electrospinning fibres that could be used for protective clothing, d…

UK research wins trial of the year

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 May 2009

Research initiated and coordinated by Imperial College London has been named Trial of the Year 2008…

Gates foundation funds UK University’s battle against river blindness

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2009

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded $23 million by the Bill and Melin…

Satellite images show earth moving quake

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 May 2009

Italian scientists have begun to analyse the devastating effects of last month’s earthquake that sh…

Dusty remains of distant solar systems

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 May 2009

An international team of astronomers have found that distant remnants of stars like the sun could b…

Microscope sale breaks every Record

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2009

Christie’s in London sold a silver Leeuwenhoek microscope last month for the staggering total of ov…

Robot scientist sets out on path of discovery

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 May 2009

Researchers say they have created the first machine to independently discover new scientific knowle…

Bees sniff out floral fraud

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2009

Nectar producing plants beware - when it comes to spotting a fraud, bees have a nose second to none.

Prize for test tube based cancer model

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 May 2009

British scientists have won a prize for replacing animal experiments in medical research for the de…

Home monitoring for HIV sufferers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 May 2009

The London Centre for Nanotechnology will develop a new device to empower HIV sufferers to monitor …