https://freerepublic.com/tag/photosynthetic/ en-us Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:22:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4283521/posts Cyanobacteria use an AM radio-like mechanism to regulate their genes, with the cell division cycle acting as a “carrier wave” and their circadian clock modulating the pulse strength to integrate signals from these two rhythms. This discovery explains how cells coordinate these oscillatory processes and may have applications in biotechnology and synthetic biology. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Cyanobacteria use an AM radio-like principle to coordinate cell division with circadian rhythms, encoding information through pulse amplitude modulation. Cyanobacteria, an ancient group of photosynthetic bacteria, have been discovered to regulate their genes using the same physics principle used in AM radio transmission. New research... Scitech Daily https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4283521/posts#comment Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:22:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231510/posts Can bugs save the planet? (Filed: 29/09/2004) A project to combat climate change is seeking to enhance the life-giving properties of the Earth's smallest creatures. Roger Highfield reports The Earth's atmosphere is so polluted that the planet is dying. But scientists around the world hatch a plan, one that offers a tantalising last-ditch hope: they ask for vast amounts of funding so that they can enlist some of the smallest creatures to renew the atmosphere and save all of humanity. Prochlorococcus marinus: the most abundant photosynthetic organism in the oceans The proposal for a Hollywood sci-fi movie? No. This idea... telegraph.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231510/posts#comment Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:45:52 GMT