ATHENS (Reuters) - A humanoid figure dressed as a maid holds a jug in its right hand and, as hidden gears click and whirr, lifts it and pours wine into a cup a bystander has placed into the palm of ...

ATHENS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A humanoid figure dressed as a maid holds a jug in its right hand and, as hidden gears click and whirr, lifts it and pours wine into a cup a bystander has placed into the ...

The operation of one of the oldest biological clocks in the world has, which is crucial for life on earth as we know it, has now been discovered by scientists. The researchers applied a new ...

Russell Foster receives funding from BBSRC and Wellcome Trust. Our lives are ruled by time; we use time to tell us what to do. But the alarm clock that wakes us in the morning or the wristwatch that ...

Ten years ago, researchers discovered that the biological clock in cyanobacteria consists of only three protein components: KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. These are the building blocks -- the gears, springs and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified the mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life -- a finding they say should shed light on some shift work-related problems ...

The pancreas has its own molecular clock. Now, for the first time, a Northwestern University study has shown this ancient circadian clock regulates the production of insulin. If the clock is faulty, ...

A historic clock dating back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I has been brought back to life. The turret clock, one of the oldest in the country, was installed at the Church of St John the Baptist in ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Engineering: Mystery of the Ancient Clock Play the fascinating match-3 game "Engineering: The Mystery of the Ancient Clock" and clear up the secrets of the ...

Scientists using quasars as cosmic clocks have observed that when the universe was just a billion years old, time ran five times slower, helping to confirm Einstein's general theory of relativity and ...