The onset of cardiovascular diseases often shows time-of-day variation. Acute myocardial infarction or ventricular arrhythmia such as ventricular tachycardia occurs mainly in the early morning.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — By now you’ve probably heard about the clock system for wedge shots. If you haven’t, it’s pretty simple: envision that you’re standing in the middle of a clock, and your arms are ...

An important link between the human body clock and the immune system has relevance for better understanding inflammatory and infectious diseases. Researchers report how a critical white blood cell ...

The activation and inactivation mechanisms of a key protein involved in the circadian clock system of cyanobacteria -- an important organism in the evolution of such internal clocks -- have long ...

[email protected] receives funding from The Wellcome Trust, and Medical Research Council, UK. Gareth Kitchen was funded by the Medical Research Council for the duration of his PhD. He is ...

Ever wondered how much timing margin your system really has? You’ve probably asked some questions along these lines, such as: Does my crystal really need 20 parts-per-million (ppm) accuracy? What if ...

The NBA is teaming up with Swiss watchmaker Tissot to give a 21st-century update to an old and clunky piece of in-game tech: the basketball shot clock. The new clock is a thin, transparent panel ...

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicists have set a new world record for atomic clock stability using a pair of ytterbium-based timepieces. Stable down to quintillionths of a ...