Cyanobacteria, an ancient lineage of bacteria that perform photosynthesis, have been found to regulate their genes using the ...

The modulating signal then comes from the bacteria's 24-hour circadian clock, which acts as an internal time-keeping mechanism. This finding answers a long-standing question in cell biology -- how ...

There have been problems with the mechanism since May and time has stood still for the past two months. Richard Storey, of City of Lincoln Council, said the delay in getting the clock ticking again is ...