#circadian — Public Fediverse posts
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Researchers reproduced the simplest natural #circadian system found in blue-green algae (#cyanobacteria ) within a test tube, demonstrating how a single clock signal coordinates daily #gene switching.
#MolecularBiology #Biotechnology #Chronobiology #sflorg
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Switching to permanent #standardtime would prevent about 300,000 cases of #stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people with #obesity by better aligning #circadianrhythms with natural light.
"We found that staying in standard time or staying in #daylightsavingtime is definitely better than switching twice a year," senior researcher #JamieZeitzer said.
An out-of-sync #circadian cycle has been linked with many different poor #health outcomes, researchers said.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-09-16/permanent-standard-time-could-cut-strokes-obesity-among-americans