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Observatory stand-off close to an end
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Mar 2008
An end may be in sight for the stand-off between the Science and Technology Facilities Council - th…
Breath of fresh air for superbug treatment
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Feb 2008
A UK environmental technology company has received a boost after taking orders from the NHS for its…
Beating the nanotech bottleneck
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Feb 2008
European researchers are hoping to lower costs for the nanotech industry by developing design metho…
A tale of fevers, cancers and hijacking
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2008
It has infected 95% of humans in the developed world, can cause glandular fever and has been linked…
Here comes the sun
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2008
A national team of scientists are embarking on one of the UK’s largest ever research projects into …
Did Columbus bring syphilis to Europe?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Feb 2008
The most comprehensive genetic analysis conducted on the family of bacteria that cause syphilis sug…
Nuclear power under scrutiny
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Feb 2008
As the government gives its formal backing to a new generation of nuclear power stations, the Unive…
Giant palm goes out in blaze of glory
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2008
A gigantic palm that flowers itself to death and exists as part of an entirely unique genus has bee…
Antibiotic resistance: A global phenomenon
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Feb 2008
Scientists have discovered antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the Arctic, suggesting that drug-resist…
HIV cell puncturing pathway changes conventional wisdom
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Feb 2008
Two theoretical physicists have uncovered what they believe is the long-sought-after pathway that H…
Want to keep your partner? Better be cooperative
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2008
Mathematicians have tackled the question of why cooperative behaviour is common in many species whe…
Electrons given easy ride in graphene
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2008
Research has revealed that charged particles move through graphene, the 2D counterpart of graphite,…
Biofuel selectivity key to greenhouse reduction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2008
Biofuels could fail to deliver significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and may even be e…
Meta-material gives near perfect medical scan
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2008
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have mathematically shown that it is possible to have fu…
Young, gifted and in with a chance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jan 2008
Applications are invited for a €15,000 prize intended to encourage and support the work of promisin…
Autumn warming reduces carbon uptake
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jan 2008
Research has suggested that, in terms of carbon, we lose more than we gain from warmer autumns.
Chemical engineers scoop Dragon's Den style award
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jan 2008
A team of UK Chemical Engineers have won the support of an International PR agency, after being awa…
Hydrogen power squeezed into reality
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jan 2008
The prospect of hydrogen-fuelled cars may be one step closer thanks to a new form of compound disco…
Infections gets nosis put out of joint
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2008
The UK’s National Centre for Zoonosis Research, dedicated to the study of animal-borne human diseas…
UK cuts research budget as Europe pushes for greater spend
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jan 2008
Public spending on medical research in Europe should be doubled over the next ten years to ensure t…