News tagged with clock
Shift workers at more risk for irritable bowel syndrome, study says
Nurses participating in shift work, especially those working rotating shifts, face a significantly increased risk of developing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and abdominal pain compared to those working a standard day-time ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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To Arctic animals, time of day really doesn't matter
In the far northern reaches of the Arctic, day versus night often doesn't mean a whole lot. During parts of the year, the sun does not set; at other times, it's just the opposite. A new study reported online ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Why you are not thirsty while sleeping
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests the body's internal clock is what prevents you from becoming dehydrated and needing to drink during sleep.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2010 |
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'Biological clock' could be a key to better health, longer life
If you aren't getting a good, consistent and regular night's sleep, a new study suggests it could reduce your ability to handle oxidative stress, cause impacts to your health, increase motor and neurological ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Quantum measurement precision approaches Heisenberg limit
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the classical world, scientists can make measurements with a degree of accuracy that is restricted only by technical limitations. At the fundamental level, however, measurement precision ...
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Biologists discover how biological clock controls cell division in bacteria
A team of biologists has unraveled the biochemistry of how bacteria so precisely time cell division, a key element in understanding how all organisms from bacteria to humans use their biological clocks to ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Women With Variants in 'CLOCK' Gene Have Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Yale University-led team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that variants in a gene responsible for regulating the body’s circadian rhythm may lead to breast cancer. The ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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The birth of the biological clock
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have moved one step closer to solving the inner workings of the biological clock, by studying it from the moment it starts ticking.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Researchers synchronize blinking 'genetic clocks' (w/ Video)
Researchers at UC San Diego who last year genetically engineered bacteria to keep track of time by turning on and off fluorescent proteins within their cells have taken another step toward the construction ...
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Scientists cautiously optimistic as Doomsday clock reset
The minute hand of the Doomsday clock was moved back slightly Thursday, indicating the world has inched away from nuclear or environmental catastrophe, but stressing it was not out danger.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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The Medical Minute: Don't be SAD over winter blues
Sunlight and seasonal changes have a great impact on human behavior. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression -- sometimes called the winter blues -- that follows a seasonal pattern and occurs at the same ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Gadgets: BlackBerry speakerphone clips to car's visor
BlackBerry has a solution for those wanting to go cell phone hands-free without a headset.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Scientists show that plants have measure of the shortest day
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. ...
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s
(AP) -- Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect ...
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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