Endogenous ceramide phosphoethanolamine modulates circadian rhythm and longevity in Drosophila
The circadian clock entrains rhythmic patterns in behavioral and physiological processes to temporally coordinate systemic metabolism with the rising and setting of the sun. In previous investigation on human subjects, sphingomyelins (SMs) exhibited.....»»
Giant Lemurs Are the First Mammals (besides Us) Found to Use Rhythm
Indris’ dramatic family “songs” show repeatable timing patterns -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
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The Clark Fork River drains much of western Montana, bringing water from the Crown of the Continent to the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. My daily commute via bicycle crosses the Clark Fork most days and has allowed me to discern a rhythm and.....»»
Giant Lemurs Are the First Mammals (Besides Us) Found To Use Rhythm
Indris’ dramatic family ‘songs’ show repeatable timing patterns -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Looking for musical abilities in primates
Songbirds share the human sense of rhythm, but it is a rare trait in non-human mammals. An international research team led by senior investigators Marco Gamba from the University of Turin and MPI's Andrea Ravignani set out to look for musical abiliti.....»»
MYB70 transcription factor modulates Arabidopsis seed germination and root development
Crosstalk among Abscisic acid (ABA), auxin, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays critical roles in modulating seed germination, root growth, and suberization. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely elusive......»»
Arctic krill use twilight to guide their daily rhythms through the polar winter
Most animals sync their body clocks to the daily rhythm of the sun, but what happens during the polar winter when the sun never rises above the horizon? According to a study by Jonathan Cohen at the University of Delaware and colleagues, publishing O.....»»
Gene regulation: Silencing factor for endogenous retroviruses identified
Over time, many endogenous retrovirus (ERV) sequences have integrated into the human genome, and now play important roles in normal gene regulation......»»
Freezing fruit flies for future function
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has long been an important experimental model for biological research. While you may be eager to rid your kitchen of this unwanted pest, researchers in Japan have developed a new technique to keep Drosophila in t.....»»
Scientists assemble a biological clock in a test tube to study how it works
Daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology are driven by biological clocks (also called circadian clocks) in our cells. The cyclical interactions of clock proteins keep the biological rhythms of life in tune with the daily cycle of nigh.....»»
"Fight or flight" – unless internal clocks are disrupted, study in mice shows
For humans and animals, many aspects of normal behavior and physiology rely on the proper functioning of the body's circadian clocks......»»
Apple Design Award-winner rhythm game ‘Thumper’ arriving on Apple Arcade on Oct 1
Apple Design Award-winner rhythm game ‘Thumper’ arriving on Apple Arcade on Oct 1.....»»
Tetris Beat provides a fresh take on a timeless classic
Apple Arcade’s exclusive, Tetris Beat, is breathing new life into one of gaming’s most popular and successful puzzlers. The game offers a rhythm-based Tetris experience to new players as well as a classic Tetris mode for long-time Tetris enthusia.....»»
Tetris Beat unlocks the rhythm of gaming’s most enduring classic
Tetris Beat builds on ideas from 37 years of Tetris games to create something entirely new......»»
New machine learning technology explores circadian rhythms
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 regulates an organism's.....»»
Team identifies hormonal control loop that balances rest and activity
In the fruit fly Drosophila, a hormone helps to balance rest and activity. This is shown by a new study of a research team led by the University of Würzburg. Might humans have a hormone with comparable function?.....»»
Americans with higher net worth at midlife tend to live longer
In a wealth and longevity study to incorporate siblings and twin pair data, researchers analyzed the midlife net worth of adults (mean age 46.7 years) and their mortality rates 24 years later. They discovered those with greater wealth at midlife tend.....»»
Structural biology provides long-sought solution to innate immunity puzzle
Researchers report the first structural confirmation that endogenous -- or self-made -- molecules can set off innate immunity in mammals via a pair of immune cell proteins called the TLR4-MD-2 receptor complex. The work has wide-ranging implications.....»»
Tetris Beat is a live service rhythm game coming to Apple Arcade
Tetris Beat, a mash-up of the rhythm game genre and classic Tetris action, is coming soon to Apple Arcade......»»
"Clock" created to predict immunological health and chronic diseases of aging
Researchers have created an inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) which measures inflammatory load and predicts multi-morbidity, frailty, immune health, cardiovascular aging and is also associated with exceptional longevity in centenarians......»»
New signaling pathway could shed light on damage repair during brain injury
An observational study conducted using Drosophila fruit flies has uncovered a signaling pathway that causes neural cells to enter divisions after damage. The research is important because the signaling kinases are also seen activated in human Alzheim.....»»