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From Molecules to Migration: How Quantum Physics Can Explain the Compass of Birds
From Molecules to Migration: How Quantum Physics Can Explain the Compass of Birds
| dc.contributor.author | Ritz, Thorsten | |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Physics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-26T17:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-26T17:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-02-05 | |
| dc.description | Presented on February 5, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Room 152. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thorsten Ritz is a biophysicist and assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. Ritz’s area of science is very broad. He has already published 13 papers at the interface of the physical and biological sciences. Currently he is interested in the assembly of protein aggregates in cells though his study of light-harvesting systems (photosynthesis). He is also interested in the effect of weak magnetic fields on biochemical reactions, in particular on photosynthesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Runtime: 63:40 minutes | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The world of quantum physics appears mysterious, even spooky, and far removed from everyday phenomena we can observe in the world around us. Especially the realm of living organisms was thought to be far too disorganized and noisy for quantum phenomena to play a role. Recently, however, clues have been mounting that the rules governing the subatomic world may play an unexpectedly pivotal role for phenomena in biology. One particularly fascinating example of this emerging field of quantum biology is bird navigation. Even without GPS, birds are able to travel up to thousands of miles and return to their original location, aided by a physiological magnetic compass sense. Despite having been discovered more than 50 years ago, the underlying mechanism for this “sixth sense” still remains a mystery. Thorsten Ritz will present evidence for the idea that a quantum mechanical reaction may lie at the heart of the magnetic compass of birds and possibly other organisms. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 63:40 minutes | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59353 | |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Physics Public Lecture Series | |
| dc.subject | Biophysics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Quantum physics | en_US |
| dc.title | From Molecules to Migration: How Quantum Physics Can Explain the Compass of Birds | en_US |
| dc.type | Moving Image | |
| dc.type.genre | Lecture | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Sciences | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Physics | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | School of Physics Public Lecture Series | |
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