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Treasury reduces science funding

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Mar 2007

The HM Treasury has announced that the DTI is to have a reduction in budget of £68 million - and so…

Hidden rings offer dark matter insight

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Feb 2007

The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space - a pair of …

Dark matter is a bit of a wimp

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Feb 2007

Scientists are hopeful that the construction of a new telescope using the most energetic form of li…

The medic within

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Feb 2007

A biologist has created a way to make bacteria in our own bodies produce medicine to treat Inflamma…

From zero to hero

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Feb 2007

Scientists have found a new way to switch off genes involved in cell division and in doing so have …

Hybrid embryos backed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2007

In response to a House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry, the Royal society has b…

CF hope lies with garlic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2007

Once believed to ward off vampires, garlic has a long history of being used to mans’ advantage, and…

Ship shape and ready to sail

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Feb 2007

A new £40 million royal research ship, the RRS James Cook, is formally named this week by HRH The P…

Climate change: Humans hold the 'smoking gun'

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2007

Global warming as a result of human activity is here, and could get much worse in the future an int…

Hubble camera out of action

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jan 2007

An electrical fault has caused the primary camera in the Hubble Space Telescope to fail – leading t…

Cappuccino factor hits the gym

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jan 2007

If your new year’s resolution of hitting the gym is starting to slip, then scientists have a tip to…

Scientists control robot with mind

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jan 2007

In a development that would not be out of place on the big screen, scientists have created a way to…

Scientist creates mini-masterpiece

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jan 2007

Korean researchers have crafted a microscopic version of Rodin’s famed sculpture “The Thinker” just…

Self-cleaning clothes shape up

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2007

A group of British scientists are to develop self cleaning clothes from fabric designed by the US m…

Blink free and picture perfect

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2007

As the New Year kicks off, and the country awakes from its festive slumber, many a thought will tur…

Scientists develop prion-free cows

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Jan 2007

Scientists in the US have genetically modified cattle that do not produce prions - the proteins whi…

Hydrogen 'bottleneck' banished

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2006

Hydrogen-powered cars that do not pollute the environment are a step closer thanks to a new discove…

A new framework for research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2006

The European Parliament has approved a 54bn euro (£36bn) plan to boost science research in Europe.

A nose for the dark

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2006

The intricate wrinkles and grooves around the nostrils of bats could help them “see” in the dark by…

Is the Government listening to scientists?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Dec 2006

The Government is not making the best use of independent scientific advice when making critical dec…