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Plankton’s survival dependent on climate change

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jul 2016

Climate change could jeopardise the viability of phytoplankton responsible for a tenth of the ocean…

Photosynthesis recreated in the lab

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2016

Swiss chemists have taken a step closer to generating energy from sunlight, by reproducing a crucia…

New supercapacitor created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jul 2016

Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have created a new supercapacitor.

Researchers discover THC’s ‘dual effect’ on brain cells

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Jul 2016

A study at the Salk Institute has found that cannabinoids can remove the plaque-forming protein ass…

Exeter Science Park invites pathology business

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Jul 2016

New premises at Exeter Science Park have been commissioned by a veterinary pathology business, ahea…

Artificial nose capable of detecting nerve gas created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jul 2016

An electronic ‘nose’ has been created by scientists in Belgium to detect molecules found in pestici…

Cartilage grown using algae scaffold

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Jul 2016

Cartilage has been created by a team of engineers using a 3D printer and bioink — a material made f…

Spin out produces chameleon-like material

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Jul 2016

A Cambridge University spin out has created a way to produce a colour changing material on an indus…

New £39m biological department to be built

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jul 2016

Queen’s University Belfast has unveiled the foundation stone for its £39m Biological Sciences Schoo…

Helium gas field found in Africa

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jul 2016

Scientists have located a large helium gas field and hope that this find can replenish quickly-decr…

Nanotechnology boosts oil recovery chances

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2016

A new method utilising nanoparticle-containing solutions that allow for enhanced recovery of oil at…

Nanoparticle embedding method created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jul 2016

Tools such as ‘smart display’ 3D glasses or remote radiation sensors could be more easily created a…

Material discovered to lower nuclear fuel recycling costs

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2016

A computer model has helped scientists find a new material that could help nuclear fuel recycling b…

Minister moves to calm science community’s fears

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2016

Scientists have been reassured by the Minister for Universities and Science that they will not be a…

Southampton Cancer Research Centre receives £4m grant

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2016

Southampton scientists will head an international team of researchers to develop new cancer treatme…

Climate change agreement achieved unilateral compliance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2016

Taken together, the carbon emissions of all 36 countries that committed to the Kyoto Protocol, sign…

Call for epigenetic drug targets for respiratory ailments

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jun 2016

An initiative has been launched to find new epigenetic drug targets for respiratory diseases.

Science reacts to UK's decision to leave the EU

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jun 2016

Scientific communities have responded to the referendum result that will see the UK leave the Europ…

CERN artist-in-residence announced

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jun 2016

Yunchul Kim has been declared the winner of the inaugural COLLIDE International Award, a new collab…

Bubbly oxygen drink could aid cancer treatments

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2016

A drink containing oxygen microbubbles is being developed to make treatment of hard to reach tumour…