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How to flex, bend and stretch

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Dec 2013

As microprocessors get smaller only nanotechnology can further the miniaturisation of technology. H…

A window into live cell RNA

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Dec 2013

Detecting intracellular gene expression is vital when performing knockdown studies – it is also dif…

Meet MERIL

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Dec 2013

Martin Hynes and Sarah Moore introduce us to MERIL, a recently launched public database of Europe’s…

Searching for a nano-blockbuster

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Dec 2013

Andreas M. Nyström offers a perspective on nanomedicine advances and challenges in research and bus…

Saving the most beautiful experiment in physics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Dec 2013

Described as the “most beautiful experiment in physics”,  Richard Feynman spoke of the double-slit …

Keeping tabs on nanoparticles

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Dec 2013

As the importance of nanoparticles increases in both industry and academia, measuring and character…

Inspiring the next generation…how are we doing?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2013

If you are already a STEMNET ambassador then congratulations – your hard work is really paying off.…

Tales from a broad kinome profiler

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Nov 2013

After early promise, drugs targeting kinases have lacked the pharmacautical punch it was once thoug…

Jack of all trades

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Nov 2013

Microscope design has traditionally been based on the concept of relatively closed systems to meet …

Safety and simplicity: What to look for in a modern-day centrifuge

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2013

One centrifuge and many users can result in lost samples and mishaps – but what can be done to prev…

Waste not, want not

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Nov 2013

Laboratory waste management in the UK has come a long way, with some waste now even regarded as a r…

Shock tactics

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Nov 2013

From aircraft safety to extra-terrestrial life – how understanding lightning associated with a volc…

Doing the groundwork

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2013

Soil testing is crucial, both to comply with environmental regulations and to diagnose ‘soil health…

POC testing? There's an app for that...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2013

Testing for infectious diseases in minutes rather than days is becoming a reality using new smartph…

Relocation, relocation, relocation; negotiating the potential risks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Oct 2013

John Best outlines some of the critical issues that must be considered when choosing a relocation c…

Targeting the genome

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Oct 2013

Genomic target selection using individually synthesised capture probes may translate cutting edge r…

From anecdote to evidence: the flying ant survey

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Oct 2013

Citizen science has rapidly increased in popularity, but for decades volunteers have contributed to…

Barley genotyping: a path to the sustainable production of food and drink

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Oct 2013

Barley is the world’s fourth most important cereal crop ­– now geneticists think that with the eluc…

Adhering to label legislation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Oct 2013

Working with potentially hazardous substances is an ever-present risk in a lab and a threat safegua…

An epigenetic panic?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Oct 2013

 Epigenetics is a hot topic. DNA now has six bases rather than four and there are modified versions…