A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
Space Exploration
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Evolution takes place constantly, everywhere in nature. Nevertheless, it is always exciting for biologists to observe evolution "in real time." One such opportunity for observation is currently being presented by the internal ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2022
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Most living organisms have an internal clock which, among other things, controls the sleep-wake rhythm. The internal rhythm lasts approximately one day (circadian), i.e. about 24 hours, and is regulated by means of various ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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We all have an internal clock but what makes us tick? Scientists at the Earlham Institute and IBM Research have developed new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology to understand how gene expression ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 10, 2021
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Scientists have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2021
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Humans have them, so do other animals and plants. Now research reveals that bacteria too have internal clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2021
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Using radio telescopes observing distant stars, scientists have connected optical atomic clocks on different continents. The results were published in the scientific journal Nature Physics by an international collaboration ...
Astronomy
Oct 8, 2020
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Two new studies led by UT Southwestern scientists outline how individual cells maintain their internal clocks, driven both through heritable and random means. These findings, published online May 1 in PNAS and May 27 in eLife, ...
Cell & Microbiology
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UMBC's Hua Lu, professor of biological sciences, and colleagues have found new genetic links between a plant's circadian rhythm (essentially, an internal clock) and its ability to fend off diseases and pests. The findings ...
Biotechnology
Jun 12, 2019
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Researchers at CU Boulder have discovered hints that humanity's favorite star may have a dual personality, with intriguing discrepancies in its magnetic fields that could hold clues to the sun's own "internal clock."
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2019
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