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MAG-SENSITIVITY. "There is a long history of experimental studies of magnetic-field sensitivity on radical-pair reactions in solution. However, in those early experiments sensitivity was observed only for field strengths between 10 mT and several tesla, much larger than Earth’s (~50 μT). Within the past decade, the observed sensitivity of such reactions has gradually increased." https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

SUPER-FLOCK. "Starling murmurations represent one of the most impressive examples of organization in the natural world, with flocks of up to 300,000 individuals or more able to coordinate themselves into a cohesive and highly coherent group." https://lnkd.in/ernkfgF View in LinkedIn

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