Time Gets Away From the Supreme Court Nov 3, 2009
Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said later that a malfunction in the Court's master clock made it impossible to reset the other clocks in the building. Roberts told spectators that lawyers are sometimes admonished not to look at the clock during oral arguments. (Law.com)
Food-energy Cellular Connection Revealed: Metabolic Master Switch Sets Biological Clock In Body Tissues Oct 17, 2009
Whereas the master clock in the brain is set by light, the pacemakers in peripheral organs are set by food availability ... 9, 2006) In mammals, including humans, a master clock in the brain and subordinate clocks found in organs throughout the body coordinate daily, or circadian, rhythms of behavior and physiology ... (May 23, 2008) In investigating the intricacies of the body's biological rhythms, scientists have discovered the existence of a "food-related clock" which can supersede the... (Science Daily)
The food-energy cellular connection revealed Oct 16, 2009
Whereas the master clock in the brain is set by light, the pacemakers in peripheral organs are set by food availability. The underlying molecular mechanism was unknown. (EurekAlert!)
Two-way Communication Between Common Biological Pathways And Body's Daily Clock Sep 22, 2009
(May 23, 2008) In investigating the intricacies of the body's biological rhythms, scientists have discovered the existence of a "food-related clock" which can supersede the "light-based" master clock that serves as. . (Science Daily)
Arasan Chip Systems Adds IEEE 1588 PTP Support to Ethernet IP Cores Sep 16, 2009
Arasan's Ethernet IP with IEEE 1588 enables these distributed systems to select a master clock amongst alternatives and compensate for network delay and jitter while keeping the remainder (slave) clocks in tight synchronization with the master. While other clock synchronization schemes exist, IEEE 1588 PTP implemented over Ethernet offers a scalable, economical solution for clock synchronization across geographically distributed locations. (Primezone Releases)
Individual Cells Isolated From Biological Clock Can Keep Daily Time, But Are Unreliable Sep 11, 2009
"The SCN is the master clock that synchronizes other biological clocks, like your liver or your lung. Those peripheral clocks can keep 24-hour time, but not for very long," says Herzog. "Because the SCN is built differently, it can self-sustain it can keep on ticking like a good Timex.". (Science Daily)
How Alcohol Blunts Ability Of Hamsters To 'Rise And Shine' Sep 2, 2009
The study describes the changes that drinking can produce on the body s master clock and how it affects behavior ... Alcohol consumption affects the master clock, located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) section of the brain ... In addition, the researchers tracked how long it takes alcohol to travel to the master clock in the brain. (Science Daily)
Light-treatment Device To Improve Sleep Quality In The Elderly Jun 2, 2009
Light stimulus travels through the retina, the light-sensitive nerve tissue lining the back wall of the eye, to reach the master clock in the brain. However, a combination of age-related changes in the eye and a more sedentary lifestyle may reduce the amount of light stimulus reaching an older person s retina, therefore reducing the amount of light for the circadian system. (Science Daily)
Early Bird Behavior Governed By Brain, Research Shows Apr 28, 2009
It turned out that early birds had more activity in an area of the brain that houses the master clock. The longer the day went on, the more active the master clock became. (KERO 23, CA)
Brain battle Apr 28, 2009
Of special interest to the researchers was the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which is "considered to be the master clock, responsible for the circadian rhythm," says Peigneux. The suprachiasmatic nucleus is the site of the body's master clock. (Why Files)
Want to get ahead? Sleep in Apr 28, 2009
The study measured the part of the brain that is home to the circadian master clock that operates according to a day-night cycle. Sleep pressure dampens the circadian signal, and activity in this area decreases the longer the person is awake. (Globe and Mail)
Night Owls Stay Alert Longer Than Early Birds Apr 28, 2009
Furthermore, as the day wore on, early birds showed less activity in a region deep in the brain involved in the so-called circadian master clock, which regulates our daily cycles of alertness. The finding suggests that people tend to favor mornings or nights based at least in part on how they react to a kind of competition in the brain. (National Geographic)
Scripps research scientists model 3D structures of proteins that control human clock Apr 11, 2009
In an Early Edition issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on April 9, 2009, the researchers report that they have been able to determine the molecular structure of a plant photolyase protein that is surprisingly similar to two cryptochrome proteins that control the "master clock" in humans and other mammals. They have also been able to test how structural changes affect the function of these proteins. (EurekAlert!)
Seagrist misses spot on ballot Mar 13, 2009
In the future, however, the elections bureau will align its clocks with the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock, the board ruled. Old faces. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
GOP bit by own buffoonery Feb 13, 2009
Now, someone who didn't know how clocks work might suspect that one was the master clock and it caused the other clock to always follow it. When two things behave in corresponding ways, then it is often assumed (without any real evidence) that there is causation occurring. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Bloggers' challenge: What if everyone agreed with you? Would the world's problems disappear? Feb 12, 2009
Mummyfortuna wrote on Feb 11, 2009 9:15 PM:" Edit this if you can:Instead of cause and effect being the basic agency of change, Leibniz is offering a theory of pre-established harmony (sometimes referred to as the hypothesis of concomitance) to understand the apparently inter-related behavior of things. Consider the common analogy of two clocks. The two clocks are on different sides of a room and both keep good time (that is, they tell the same time). Now, someone who didn't know how clocks work... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
