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Generating internal body time

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A history of circadian rhythms

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The history of circadian rhythms starts with early observations of organisms cycling throughout the day.

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A primer on circadian rhythms

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Circadian rhythms are everywhere, from bacteria to plants and animals!

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Circadian rhythms in different organisms.

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Humans also exhibit circadian rhythms

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Other isolation experiments were performed deep inside caves, including those performed by the famous French speleologist Michel Siffré.

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Circadian molecular clocks earn a Nobel prize!

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Playing art with circadian rhythms

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Fungal images alternate in a daily fashion positive and negative versions of the image, as well as all intermediate degrees of the contrast.

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The light-sensing system underlying the Live Canvas response is integrated in the Neurospora circadian regulatory system. Since different levels of projected light alter clock phase in an intensity-dependent manner, bioluminescence is expressed differentially across the canvas.

The light-sensing system underlying the Live Canvas response is integrated in the Neurospora circadian regulatory system. Since different levels of projected light alter clock phase in an intensity-dependent manner, bioluminescence is expressed differentially across the canvas.

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Live canvas: a biological system that perceives light stimuli (as a projected image) mounting a bioluminescent response based on its circadian clock pathway.

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