Organisms rely on a biological clock known as the 'circadian' clock to regulate their activity according to the time of day. A central clock, constituted by a group of brain cells - the ...

Molecular clocks in our cells synchronize our bodies with the cycle of night and day, cue us for sleep and waking, and drive daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology. Scientists ...

“Our goal is to see all cyanobacterial clock proteins during the oscillation at an atomic level and to describe the moment that the ordered rhythm arises from chaotic atomic dynamics,” Furuike said.

Allostery drives the cyanobacterial circadian clock. The team studied the atomic structures of the KaiC clock protein, by screening thousands of crystallization conditions. This detailed study of the ...

While bright light helps us see better, our eyes need darkness for better vision. Light breaks down the sensitive machinery of our eyes every day, and during the darkness of night, key pieces are ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used fruit flies to study how daily eating patterns are regulated. They found that the quasimodo (qsm) gene helped sync feeding to ...

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