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"QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT refers to a phenomenon whereby observations of one member of a pair of particles appear to enforce an outcome on a measurement of its partner, regardless of the pair's separation in time or space (Einstein called this ‘spooky action at a distance’). This has been demonstrated experimentally with photons, electrons and atoms." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

BIO-AWARD. From time to time, a molecule, a bio-system or a creature will be awarded a Bio-Award. Selection criteria will include: importance to planet earth; ingenious nature; elegance and beauty. Today, that award goes to ATP synthase, a model molecular motor and the raw genesis of all life's energy. Suggested names for the award? View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM TUNNELING. "A classical analogy of this occurs in thermally activated systems in which thermal fluctuations can allow a classical object to overcome a potential barrier that is higher than its average energy." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE. ATP is the indispensable energetic currency of the cell, and its story is a fascinating one. But without ATP synthase, a complicated enzyme, there would be no cellular ATP, no cellular energy, and thus, no life as we know it today. View in LinkedIn

"QUANTUM TUNNELING describes a phenomenon where a particle is able to pass from one state to another even though it is energetically forbidden to do so (a property that is routinely used in electronics)." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this next couple of weekends will focus on the enzyme that makes ATP, namely, ATP synthase, and then on to ATP itself for a third weekend set. View in LinkedIn

DISCUSSION OF QM by three great thinkers, Seth Lloyd (MIT), Thorsten Ritz (UC Irvine), and Paul Davies (Arizona State) with moderator John Hockenberry (PBS Frontline). "QM suggests that objects can act across time and space with no apparent connection" and other "quantum hanky-panky". https://lnkd.in/epjPsqX View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY. "Quantum coherences, entanglement, and other nonclassical effects have been heading toward systems of increasing complexity. The core here is information." https://lnkd.in/e3j9PFZ View in LinkedIn

"INFORMATION" is a theme that will keep emerging, and is not what you might think it means. https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

RUPTURE OF RAPTURE. "Quantum objects consist of/are fluctuations. It is precisely the unison of those fluctuations what defines a coherent state. The trouble about quantum theory lies in the transition or rupture of coherence to decoherence which leads from the quantum realm to the classical world." https://lnkd.in/e3j9PFZ View in LinkedIn