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Schulten and Cryptochrome

Caption: Physics professor Klaus Schulten and his colleague, Ilia Solov'yov (not pictured) propose that superoxide, a molecule known to contribute to disease and aging, is also essential to a bird's ability to "see" north and south.

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer, U. of I. News Bureau

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Related news release: Toxic molecule may help birds 'see' north and south