Navigation of migratory songbirds: a quantum magnetic compass sensor

The remarkable ability of migratory birds to navigate accurately using the geomagnetic field for journeys of thousands of kilometres is currently thought to arise from radical pair reactions inside a protein called cryptochrome. In this article, we explain the quantum...

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Main Authors: Wong, SY, Frederiksen, A, Hanic, M, Schuhmann, F, Gruening, G, Hore, PJ, Solov'yov, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Walter de Gruyter 2021