A world-first experiment to measure chimpanzee heart rates via a digital camera could help curb cardiovascular disease in great apes in captivity and provide valuable insights into how their brain develops from an early age.
Biotechnology
Jul 4, 2023
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Life patterns help humans and other animals stay in sync with nature and in good form.
Ecology
Jun 9, 2023
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Have you ever had a bad case of jet lag? That horrible feeling when you get off a long haul flight and your body is telling you it's time to go to sleep, but the outside world is telling you it's time for breakfast? That's ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 7, 2023
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New research from a multidisciplinary team helps to illuminate the mechanisms behind circadian rhythms, offering new hope for dealing with jet lag, insomnia and other sleep disorders.
Biochemistry
Apr 26, 2023
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Proteins are the heavy-lifters of biochemistry. These beefy molecules act as building blocks, receptors, processors, couriers and catalysts. "Proteins are the molecular machines that power all life on Earth," explained Mark ...
Biochemistry
Mar 15, 2023
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A team of epidemiologists and geneticists from Vanderbilt University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California has found evidence that suggests modern humans mating with Neanderthals may have gained ...
An innovative technique from Cornell University researchers finds seminal fluid protein transferred from male to female fruit flies during mating changes the expression of genes related to the fly's circadian clock.
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2023
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Circadian rhythms are natural, internal oscillations that synchronize an organism's behaviors and physiological processes with their environment. These rhythms normally have a period of 24 hours and are regulated by internal ...
Polymers
Jan 24, 2023
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Circadian rhythms are inherent cycles of approximately 24 hours that regulate various biological processes, such as sleep and wakefulness. A research group at Nagoya University in Japan has recently revealed that neural networks ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 19, 2023
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A team of researchers at the University of Turin, working with a colleague from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and another from Aarhus University and The Royal Academy of Music, has found that the lar gibbon ...
