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Am I missing something or is this about detecting moving magnetic fields? The researchers waved a magnet over tissue samples. Moving a magnetic field through e
by ryandvm 5y ago
Am I missing something or is this about detecting moving magnetic fields? The researchers waved a magnet over tissue samples.
Moving a magnetic field through electrically conductive material generates electrical currents. That seems like a much simpler mechanism than some invoking quantum effect.
- shadowgovt 5y agoThere's more detailed information here: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00158.html https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00158.html and the actual publication at https://www.pnas.org/content/118/3/e2018043118 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/3/e2018043118 The mechanism of action isn't hypothesized to be electrical current; it's hypothesized to be the magnetic field causing a probability shift in the formation of radical pairs. How they controlled for the possibility of magnetic flux inducing current I'm unclear on (but I think it's understood that that mechanism would be impossible for flavins).
- hungryforcodes 5y agoThat's much deeper then.