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SAFETY IN NUMBERS. "Swarming is a conspicuous behavioral trait observed in bird flocks, fish shoals, insect swarms, and mammal herds. It is thought to improve collective awareness and offer protection from predators." https://lnkd.in/ernkfgF View in LinkedIn

VIDEO OF FISH SCHOOLING, an analogy in a different system. https://lnkd.in/exP9Yi2 View in LinkedIn

VIDEO OF STARLING MURMURATIONS. https://lnkd.in/eKe8pBc View in LinkedIn

VIDEO of the murmurations of starlings, a prime example of swarm intelligence. https://lnkd.in/eU7RFfB View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend focuses on the murmurations of flocking birds, a conspicuous example of swarm intelligence, and how this work has inspired complex problem solutions, new and transformative theories of cellular swarm collaboration, and theories of brain organization. Analogies that creatively transcend scales and systems have been particularly fruitful. View in LinkedIn

CRYPTOCHROMES "are blue-light absorbing photoreceptors found in many organisms where they have been involved in numerous growth, developmental, and circadian responses." https://lnkd.in/ePWPwaU View in LinkedIn

"CRYPTOCHROME, a ubiquitous photoactive protein that resides in the eye and is also present in plants and bacteria, is a prime candidate as the host of the radical-pair mechanism." https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

"PHOTOISOMERIZATION involves transitioning of energy between different electronic states of the retinal molecule...quantum effects, particularly coherence, could play a role in phototransduction." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

RETINAL PHOTOTRANSDUCTION "is a process by which light energy is converted to electrical and chemical signals in the photoreceptors. Photoisomerization occurs at a remarkable rapid rate of

PHOTOTRANSDUCTION REVIEW. "The last few years have marked a turning point for the field of photoreceptor biology." https://lnkd.in/eyhMFMF View in LinkedIn