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SILO THINKING. "Before the twentieth century, biology and physics rarely crossed paths. Biological systems were often seen as too complex to be penetrable with mathematical methods." https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

PARTICLE PHYSICS. "Electrons and protons vanish from one position and rematerialise in another – a kind of teleportation." https://lnkd.in/eYXPebN View in LinkedIn

SCALE MATTERS. "Quantum mechanics (QM) provides a more accurate theory to describe the behaviour of matter and energy than the classical theories that preceded it. The divergence between classical and quantum behaviour is most easily seen at very small scales." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

LIFE IS QUANTUM, not just digital. Shrödinger's "order from order" in periodic crystals. "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

QUANTUM COMPETITIVENESS. "Do some organisms take advantage of quantum mechanics to gain an advantage over their competitors?" https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM BIOLOGY. "Over the past decade a range of experiments have suggested that there may be some cases in which quantum mechanics is harnessed for a biological advantage." https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM BIOLOGY is a brand new discipline, a place where physics and biology meet (finally). We have touched on some of the extraordinary, imaginative and provocative thinking in quantum mechanics in recent blogs. https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

DECOHERENCE. "A loss of quantum superposition (decoherence) occurs when a system interacts with its environment in a thermodynamically irreversible way. This is equivalent to loss of information from the system to the environment." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

WHAT IS QB? I have spent a fair effort outlining remarkable recent thinking in quantum physics. Now it is time for QB, Quantum Biology. Without an understanding of biology on a quantum scale, we will never fully understand nor fully exploit these powerful forces acting on cells. This emerging discipline is truly a huge step forward. We live in interesting times. View in LinkedIn

IMPLICATIONS OF PROBABILISTIC UNIVERSE. "(c) objects can be in more than one state (e.g. location or energy) simultaneously – termed quantum superposition – which is eliminated when the system is measured." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn