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Resurrected gene springs back to life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2009

A gene with links to Crohn’s disease has an unusual evolutionary history, according to researchers …

How do you observe the un-observable?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Mar 2009

Working on the border of philosophy is difficult for a physicist but it is a rare and exciting occa…

New partnership makes waves for UK energy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Mar 2009

The likelihood of the UK being able to produce widespread energy from wave-generated power has been…

Picture speaks a thousand words in virology

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Mar 2009

With an image that precisely charts the location of over 5 million atoms scientists hope to find be…

Survival of the weakest in twist to Darwins legacy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Mar 2009

On the 200th anniversary of Darwin - few are in doubt what his observations and insight meant for t…

Human intelligence - is it really all that?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2009

Most people would agree that intelligence is the great divide between humans and other animals - bu…

Scientists create cosmic dawn to understand dark matter

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Mar 2009

In an attempt to understand dark matter Scientists have used a computer simulation to predict what …

Is a wasp virus the new wonder vector?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Mar 2009

Researchers think they may have a new means of designing transfer vectors for gene therapy - and it…

Most violent explosion since Big Bang captured

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2009

UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift Satellite, have captured information from t…

Joined-up infectious disease research called for

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2009

The Royal Society has called on the Government to create a National Institute for Infectious Diseas…

Transgenic mosquitoes set to beat malaria

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2009

Work published in the Public Library of Science, suggests that the spread of malaria can be control…

Ultrasound key to battle against water polluting painkillers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Mar 2009

An international team of scientists has developed a novel method for eliminating pharmaceutical pro…

An electronic future for biology?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Mar 2009

Future medical research will focus increasingly on electronic data, with less need both for laborat…

Computer games are hot stuff in fire training

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Feb 2009

Researchers say that violent computer games may have a role to play in fire safety.

Nuts – the food of last resort

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Feb 2009

Anthropologists from the University of Vienna have discovered that the earliest humans ingested lar…

Rainforests will suffer more due to climate change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Feb 2009

Scientists say if current climate change and use of the Amazon rainforests continue unchallenged, t…

Sight beyond sight for astrophysicists

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Feb 2009

A new technique allows scientists to accurately image an asteroid 200 million kilometres away. 

Is tetris the post-traumatic wonder cure

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2009

You might imagine that the blocky graphics and incessant beeps of Tetris tend to increase stress le…

European patent system stifling innovation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2009

The lack of a Europe-wide community patent poses "incredible challenges" for small businesses and u…

Have a look at what this dolphin is saying

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Feb 2009

In an important breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language, researchers in Great Britain and the …