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The beauty of the beast

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Jul 2016

The enigmatic Tully Monster has become something of a palaeontological icon, yet there is much to l…

Old dog, new tricks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Jun 2016

Have we overlooked some incredible pharmacological properties of aspirin? Martyna Petrulyte takes a…

From the front line

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2016

We hear from Professor Daouda Ndiaye – a Senegalese researcher taking on malaria – about a new test…

The pace and pattern of being

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Apr 2016

Maturation in mammals varies widely, but the exact reasons why are still unclear. A new method of m…

What to do with a problem like Zika?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Apr 2016

The current Zika outbreak first began in Brazil in April 2015. It has been strongly linked to newbo…

A personal interpretation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2016

There is a clear move away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to medicine and instead a new person…

Data takes on the dopers

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Mar 2016

New studies looking at the subtle changes that can occur when human blood is stored could help put …

Symptom or cause? Autism and immune dysfunction

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Mar 2016

There are tantalising clues that anomalies in immune function may be related to autism spectrum dis…

A map is worth a thousand words

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Feb 2016

Vibrational spectroscopy expert Dr Elizabeth Carter tells us how Raman mapping can help examine the…

When does ageing become disease?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Feb 2016

Our understanding of the molecular process of ageing is growing, as such our understanding of risk …

Swimming out from an evolutionary shadow

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016

We hear how the humble turtle has been problematic to classify correctly in an evolutionary context…

Climbing to the cloud

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Dec 2015

Bioinformatics needs to change says Dr Thomas Connor and for that to happen we need to look to the …

A fascinating act of cellular cannibalism

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Dec 2015

After a century of observing strange acts of cellular cannibalism, Jo Durgan and Oliver Florey tell…

It simply isn’t cricket

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Nov 2015

It is well-established that parasites can affect the behaviour of their hosts, but can a parasitica…

The quantum weirdness powering biology

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Nov 2015

It allows particles to be in two places at once, pass through impenetrable barriers or maintain spo…

Touching the sky

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Oct 2015

Bats are amongst the most agile of fliers – but can it really be their sense of touch which is key …

Reaching out for the origins of life

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2015

Evidence suggests meteorites could have been an important source of the prebiotic compounds require…

Characterising the future of medicine

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Oct 2015

Nanotechnology offers great promise for the improvement of the treatment of a number of diseases. H…

Better science with improved efficiency

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Sep 2015

Can laboratories really perform better science with improved efficiency and lower environmental imp…

Finding the personal touch

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2015

The drive for personalised medicine requires an increasingly intimate understanding of the human ge…