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Earthworm threatens diversity
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2016
The earthworm may threaten plant diversity in ecosystems, according to Canadian researchers.
New breakthrough in crop science
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Feb 2016
A gene amplification method has been shown to be successful at analysing the development of transge…
New global cancer hub to be developed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2016
A leading resource for cancer research and treatment is to be built in Sutton, London, with the aim…
BBC launch investigative science campaign
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2016
The BBC are inviting research proposals from scientists aimed at engaging Key Stage 2 pupils to tak…
Antidepressants double suicide risk in children
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2016
Children and teenagers who take one of the five most commonly prescribed antidepressants have a dou…
SME’s with chance to win big
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Feb 2016
Small R & D companies can receive up to six months free use of a self-contained laboratory, complet…
Alliance Pharma completes acquisition
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Feb 2016
Alliance Pharma has completed its £127.5m acquisition of the Healthcare Products Business from Sinc…
Chemical camouflage for deadly snake
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Feb 2016
Puff adders – the most dangerous snake in Africa – responsible for more than 30,000 deaths every ye…
University spin out develops ‘revolutionary’ technology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Feb 2016
SimOmics, a University of York spin-out has received financial backing on a computer simulation tha…
Step taken closer to creating personalised organs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jan 2016
MIT researchers have developed a new way to programme human stem cells to produce specific tissue t…
New discovery could help nicotine addiction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jan 2016
A lipid in brain cells may act as a switch, increasing or decreasing the need for motivation, a tea…
Natural replacement for Styrofoam developed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jan 2016
A wood based alternative to Styrofoam has been created by a team of Swedish designers and researche…
Food preservative found to kill cancer cells
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jan 2016
A naturally occurring food preservative, nisin, has been found effective at destroying cancer and a…
Coasts key for ‘garbage patch’ clean up
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Jan 2016
The best way to clean up plastic waste in the ocean is to place plastic collectors near coasts, acc…
Cholesterol reducing drug could positively affect Parkinson’s
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jan 2016
A trial has begun in the UK to see the effects of cholesterol lowering drug, Simvastin, in those af…
Brain inflammation link found in Alzheimer’s study
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Jan 2016
Blocking receptors in the brain responsible for controlling immune cells could protect against chan…
Nano-reactor created to produce hydrogen biofuel
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2016
A virus has been modified to split water into its two elements by a team of US scientists.
Stars found to have ‘super strong’ magnetic fields
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jan 2016
In a surprising discovery, astronomers have detected strong magnetic fields in stars twice the size…
Bacterium ‘taught’ to photosynthesise
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2016
Researchers have managed to induce a bacterium to perform photosynthesis.
Anti-virus derived from Hep C shows promise
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Jan 2016
A peptide taken from the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been found to kill a wide range of viruses whi…
