Birds don’t just follow landmarks or the stars—they might actually see Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists have uncovered a surprising quantum secret hidden in their eyes.

Earth's magnetosphere is a guiding beacon for a variety of species capable of sensing its presence. Physicists have now discovered two types of sensors in animals that can detect magnetic fields close ...

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One possible explanation for magnetosensing in biology, such as avian magnetoreception, is based on the spin dynamics of certain chemical reactions that involve radical pairs. Radical pairs have been ...

Proper oscillation of the clock depends on the complex formation and periodic turnover of the Period and Cryptochrome proteins, which together inhibit their own transcriptional activator complex, ...