
When daytime photons, which are rich in blue light, enter the retina, they ‘activate’ cells containing melanopsin.
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— Sahitya Agrawal, Raxaul
A: The brain’s biological clock is a network of genes and proteins whose concentrations rise and fall in a roughly daily cycle.
Published – August 12, 2026 08:30 am IST