AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
3min chapter
Quantum compass might help birds 'see' magnetic fields
Nature Podcast
The Cryptochrome Hypothesis in Nature
cryptochromes are molecules that use light to generate radical pairs. The pair swings between these two states but a magnetic field tips the balance, making one or the other more likely. Since cryptochromes need light to work, they searched specifically in bird eyes. Team were also curious how cryptocrome proteins compared between birds that migrate and birds that don't. And it looks like the cryptochrome for from the migratory birds are significantly more magnetically sensitive than the same molecule from a chicken.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode