
Tracing ancient cyanobacteria reveals early origins of circadian clocks
"Extant cyanobacteria utilize a circadian clock to predict the light-dark environmental cycle by Earth's rotation in order to achieve efficient photosynthetic reactions.
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"Extant cyanobacteria utilize a circadian clock to predict the light-dark environmental cycle by Earth's rotation in order to achieve efficient photosynthetic reactions.
May 21, 2025

The object, dubbed ASKAP J1832-0911, pulses radio and X-ray emissions every 44 minutes, with each episode lasting two minutes.
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The research team successfully implemented a feedforward operation-a technique that involves measuring a photon's state and immediately using that information to steer light behavior-with a latency of under 250 picoseconds.
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The brain also contains billions of astrocytes - star-shaped cells with many long extensions that allow them to interact with millions of neurons.
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In a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, Konstantin Batygin (PhD '12), professor of planetary science at Caltech; and Fred C.
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The study, published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, focused on the alarm calls of Sumatran orangutans.
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