Monday, June 16, 2014

Quantum biology: Algae evolved to switch quantum coherence on and off

Quantum biology: Algae evolved to switch quantum coherence on and off: "Most cryptophytes have a light-harvesting system where quantum coherence is present. But we have found a class of cryptophytes where it is switched off because of a genetic mutation that alters the shape of a light-harvesting protein.
"This is a very exciting find. It means we will be able to uncover the role of quantum coherence in photosynthesis by comparing organisms with the two different types of proteins."

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