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Machine beats man at his own game

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Aug 2007

US scientists have developed a computer programme that they say can’t lose at the popular board gam…

Scientists close in on anaesthetic action

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Aug 2007

An important clue to how anaesthetics work on the human body has been provided by the discovery of …

Real-time monitoring could revolutionise stem cell biology

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Aug 2007

To create conditions for cells that are as close to in-vivo as possible, a leading stem cell resear…

Nanotubes allow scientists to study vision molecule

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Aug 2007

Scientists have taken high-resolution images of shape changes in retinal - a molecule important for…

Megaflood left Britain unoccupied

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Aug 2007

A catastrophic megaflood separated Britain from France hundreds of thousands of years ago, changing…

Not such a selfish shellfish

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Aug 2007

Finding new pharmaceuticals is never an easy task, but scientists from Cuba think they may have a r…

Something in the air

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Aug 2007

Scientists say they have the first conclusive evidence of the presence of water vapour in the atmos…

'Strong possibility' that foot and mouth came from Pirbright

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Aug 2007

The Health and Safety Executive say there is a “strong probability” the outbreak of foot and mouth …

Life on an engergetic knife edge could render bats endangered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2007

Nectar-feeding bats burn sugar faster than any other mammal on Earth - and three times faster than …

Novel solution to antimatter storage

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2007

An award winning Japanese scientist is hoping to crack a physics problem that has so far seemed unt…

Team examine CO2 from thawing Artic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Aug 2007

An expedition is underway to examine any potential effect that the CO2 escaping from thawing Artic …

Research shows Humans came out of Africa

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2007

Researchers at the University of Cambridge claim that they have proven the theory that humans evolv…

Smoke warning 50 years old

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Aug 2007

As smokers across the nation get used to braving the elements to indulge their habit - smoking is n…

'Missing link' stem cells found

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2007

Two independent teams of researchers have discovered a new type of embryonic stem cell in rodents w…

New project keeps women in science

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jul 2007

The Institute of Physics has launched a project to encourage more girls and women to develop their …

Genes feel the rhythm

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jul 2007

We are all familiar with some effects of our circadian rhythm, but now researchers think that our d…

Scientists reinvent the wheel

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2007

Scientists are using the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to develop the world’s fir…

Double explosion changes view of star death

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jul 2007

Witnessing a stellar explosion is unique enough – but to see two in the same location is unheard of…

Nobel laureate opens nano centre

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jul 2007

A new interdisciplinary research centre set up to break down academic boundaries in nanotechnology …

You must be joking

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jul 2007

Is it possible to scientifically measure someone’s sense of humour? Are there universally good or b…