The Vinci Institute of Sciences, together with Elettra Synchrotron Trieste, just completed a Max IV synchrotron campaign investigating naturally occurring magnetic materials in the common octopus. The experiment – conducted at the NanoMAX beamline with beamline scientist Ulf Johansson – is part of a project that aims to demonstrate molecular mechanisms that may support the case for magnetoreception in cephalopods.

Collaborators include independent researchers (Tercio Terencio, Gabriella Meloni), as well as scholars affiliated with the University of Pisa, including Stefania Moscato from the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine.