Month: September 2022

NEW APPROACHES. "Biology is not about applying quantum mechanics as it is already known through the experiences of traditional physics, but rather about an attempt to extend quantum mechanics in the manner that the physicists have not tried”. https://lnkd.in/e3j9PFZ View in LinkedIn

COMPLEX SYSTEMS. "Biology is a field wherein: a) physics is challenged, so that it is to overcome the traditional experimental and theoretical achievements; b) huge number of degrees of freedom are present and active that complexify the understanding of functions, structures, and dynamics." https://lnkd.in/e3j9PFZ View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM SOUP. "A quantum phenomenon such as 'coherence', in which the wave patterns of every part of a system stay in step, wouldn't last a microsecond in the tumultuous realm of the cell." https://lnkd.in/eDJed9B View in LinkedIn

CLEVER NATURE. "But discoveries in recent years suggest that nature knows a few tricks that physicists don't: coherent quantum processes may well be ubiquitous in the natural world." https://lnkd.in/eDJed9B View in LinkedIn

TURNING POINT. "In 2010, researchers from the first group published evidence of quantum coherence in their bacterial complex at ambient temperatures — showing that coherence is not just an artefact of cryogenic laboratory conditions, but might actually be important to photosynthesis in the real world." (GD Fleming et al.,) https://lnkd.in/eDJed9B View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM GENETICS. "The colour of your eyes, the shape of your nose, your intelligence or propensity for disease are encoded at the quantum level." https://lnkd.in/eYXPebN View in LinkedIn

ENERGY CONVERSION. "Fundamental biological processes that involve the conversion of energy into forms that are usable for chemical transformations are quantum mechanical in its nature. These processes involve chemical reactions themselves, light absorption, formation of excited electronic states, transfer of excitation energy, transfer of electrons and protons, etc." https://lnkd.in/eTYijqm View in LinkedIn

BIOQUANTUMS. "Some examples of the biological phenomena that have been studied in terms of quantum processes are the absorbance of frequency-specific radiation (i.e., photosynthesis and vision); the conversion of chemical energy into motion; magnetoreception in animals, DNA mutation and brownian motors in many cellular processes." https://lnkd.in/epQ9hra View in LinkedIn

DISSOCIATION. "Every chemical process relies on quantum mechanics. However, in many ways quantum mechanics is still a concept alien to biology, especially on a scale that can have a physiological impact." https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

GREATER EFFICIENCY. "Recent technological progress in physics in harnessing quantum mechanics for information processing and encryption puts the question in a different light: are there any biological systems that use quantum mechanics to perform a task that either cannot be done classically, or can do that task more efficiently than even the best classical equivalent?" https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn