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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…

Leading lights
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Oct 2013
The use of photonics is expanding rapidly with applications across the scientific spectrum. We spea…

The incredible journey
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Sep 2013
The cuticle of a leaf cutter ant and the Atacama Desert – the race to find new antimicrobial drugs …

A need for speed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Sep 2013
Rapid microbial methods can reduce laboratory waste and increase sustainability as well as make a s…

Refitting the E.coli 'factory'
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Sep 2013
Escherishia coli cells are able to add sugars to proteins using genes from Campylobacter jenuni. He…

Warding off microbes – the green way
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2013
Scientists from Wageningen UR have unravelled the mechanism of how a plant defends itself against p…

Protecting your food from E. coli
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2013
Detecting the more dangerous forms of E.coli in the food chain poses many challenges, but these are…

Adjusting to a different culture
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Sep 2013
Most researchers desire a better protein yield from their microorganisms, but how can it be improve…

Painting a pathogenic picture
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2013
This year’s Lab Innovations show will include a special Campden BRI theatre featuring talks on the …

Striking gold with Dengue virus detection
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2013
Dengue viruses have become one of the most dangerous pathogens of our time. Here James Carter and M…

Automated liquid handling for every lab
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2013
As automated liquid handling technology improves, could it move from specialist screening tool to r…

An update on STIs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2013
Clare Doggett reports from The Society for Applied Microbiology meeting which this year covered “ST…

Levelling the playing field
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2013
The increasing legislation in the commercial laboratory sector is putting more and more pressure on…

Showing you the money
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2013
Growing demand for transparency in research is fuelling a digital revolution in funding measurement…

Calling time on osteoarthritis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Sep 2013
Osteoarthritis is a painful and disabling condition of the joints affecting more than 6 million peo…

Scientific freedom and security: striking a balance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2013
Much of science is done for the benefit of society, whether this is medical advances or research in…

Making it elemental
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2013
Advancements in spectroscopy have meant that precision and accuracy are the watchwords of modern me…

The bright light of biophotonics
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Aug 2013
High speed, low cost and non-invasiveness – is biophotonics the future of clinical diagnostics? Pro…

On the tip of your tongue…
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Aug 2013
Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds, many of whom die because they are unable to reach …

Race for the prize
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2013
Whether it is sports doping, or food traceability issues – detection and quantification of Clenbute…