Ultrafast transition Gebhard Schertler, head of PSI’s Biology and Chemistry Research Division, and colleagues are investigating how the retinal chromophore (shown above) changes its shape after a photon is absorbed. (Courtesy: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography)
Rhodopsin, the protein that enables humans and other vertebrates to sense light, belongs to the fami
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