As you probably know, my specialty are birds, so writing this series on clocks in microorganisms was quite an eye-opener for me and I have learned a lot. The previous two posts cover the clocks in the ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a research team has studied ancient timekeeping systems. They examined the oscillation of the clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC ...

The evolution of clocks has been ongoing since ancient civilizations began using sundials, progressing from there to water clocks, then to pendulums and mechanical clocks, and eventually to modern bat ...