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New test can detect any virus

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Nov 2015

Scientists have designed a test that can detect not only any known virus type and subtype but also …

Key receptor for autism treatment identified

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Nov 2015

Targeting a particular neuroreceptor – important for the development of social behaviour – can supp…

Proposal on national GMO bans rejected

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2015

In a plenary session on 28 October, Members of the European Parliament (MEP) rejected a draft law w…

Carrier bag funds to beat dementia

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2015

UK supermarkets Iceland, Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose have announced that funds from the new levy o…

Icelandic volcano SO2 levels top up European industry emissions

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2015

The volcanic eruption in Iceland that occurred in August 2014 released three times more sulphur dio…

Fluids reveal stick insect’s movement secret

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Nov 2015

The fluid released by stick insects has been found to help them control their movements rather than…

Double stretch for giraffe’s neck

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2015

Scientists have discovered that the long neck of modern-day giraffes evolved in two stages.

Mathematicians weigh in on stellar mass

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Nov 2015

Mathematicians have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars.!--more--

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Are humans really a 'super predator'?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2015

A recent study has revealed human hunting behaviour may be altering the ecological and evolutionary…

EU urges science publishers to adapt to open access

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Nov 2015

European research commissioner Carlos Moedas has urged journal publishing companies to reshape thei…

Business funding for graphene research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Oct 2015

Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have announced an investment…

Boost for Welsh scientific research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2015

Funding of more than £17 million has been announced to attract up to 90 new research fellows from a…

Fall in animal testing procedures

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2015

2014 statistics from the Home Office have shown a 6% decrease in animal testing procedures complete…

Wasp venom can kill cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2015

Brazilian wasp venom can selectively kill cancer cells without harming normal cells.

New IST President

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2015

The Institute of Science & Technology (IST) has announced Helen Sharman as their new President.

X-rays unravel fossil secrets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Oct 2015

By using an X-ray imaging technique, palaeontologists have discovered borings made by shell inverte…

New collaboration to deliver personalised oncology treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Oct 2015

AstraZeneca and the University of Manchester have announced a collaboration aiming to deliver perso…

The mysteries of DNA origami unfolded

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2015

Scientists have found that the assembly of DNA into nanostructures follows distinct pathways rather…

LHC produces ‘littlest liquid’

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Oct 2015

Quark-gluon plasma – a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birth of the Universe –…

£5.4 million for next generation biomaterials

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Oct 2015

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced funding of £5.4 million for re…