Quantum Biology [Part 1] - How Plants Use Quantum Mechanics

[@Morbos1000]

I have a PhD in Botany. The most important thing I've learned in my studies is to never underestimate plants.

[@flaviusclaudius7510]

I pursued my PhD in quantum biology because of this stuff!

[@canecorsomolosser3294]

I wish I could learn like others😔. I was a few years ago to Hortus Botanica, in Amsterdam and it's so unbelievable how plants helps us to survive. I didn't even knew that there are plants with the word cancer in the Latin name of the plant and can help against cancer. I hope we will save earth and 1 day truelly respect mother earth.

[@Raphael_NYC]

Thank you!

[@Jabranalibabry]

>:( I'm looking at you greenies

[@shivamb-s8k]

yes, jst eat them!

[@Visaipalagai]

The script, narration, cartoons, and clarity. OMG! I never felt so clear before this video. Thanks for the effort!

[@upandatom]

Thank you for watching :)

[@Freakazoid12345]

Explain "quantum" then.

[@meeksde]

@@Freakazoid12345 it’s religion disguised as science 😝

[@Freakazoid12345]

@@meeksde basically.

[@MiloMay]

@@meeksde no....

[@sterhax]

I appreciate that you stress none of this stuff has met scientific burden of truth just yet, despite evidence pointing towards it. Thank you!

[@soulmechanics7946]

You are on the right track. Be cautious, but not doubtful.

[@LumbridgeTeleport]

Um hello most of these atheistic theory havent met the burden of proof haha because most of their theories are unforrunearley unrecreatable and unable to be observed. Evolution for example

[@KiithNaabal]

Well it's hard to prove since physics has not developed the tools to work in living systems yet. :D

[@david203]

@@LumbridgeTeleport Evolution has possibly the most proof of any scientific theory. It can even be simulated on a computer and work the same way there, or in mathematics. There is an interesting video (can't find it now) showing how a man scrambling over a fence can be simulated on a computer just with Newton's laws of motion and the goal of getting over the fence. It does take millions of tries, but the result looks surprisingly realistic. The trouble with a dogmatic religious approach is that it is intolerant of logic and evidence. Without good logic and a respect for evidence, dogmatism fails to provide any kind of useful understanding of nature or how it works.

[@david203]

@@KiithNaabal There hasn't been money around to finance such research. The tools are in almost every physics lab.

[@pghparkins]

Physics and Biology in one video, I couldn't be more excited! My life needs more physics-based explanations of biological functions.

[@upandatom]

more coming ;)

[@Corporis]

This one was super fun to work on yall! Jade, thanks for having me on. Looking forward to Part 3

[@KhAnubis]

Corporis - Ah, this explains why I got two notifications at once!

[@Corporis]

KhAnubis you the real MVP Willie. Hope you’re having fun in Italy my dude

[@alexChook]

Keen on part 3. Never knew that exploring quantum physics in the realm of biology was something I needed until now. Such a cool field of study

[@upandatom]

I know it's so cool!

[@mohammedkhan4990]

Your cartoons and graphics are awesome!!! I loved this topic, as well. Very interesting. Thank you.

[@NetAndyCz]

6:387 This is the best depiction of measuring a particle I saw, I think the term "measurement" is quite misleading as it is a rather active process that affects the particle a lot.

[@absalomdraconis]

Yes, it's rather akin to playing billiards. Just with something that resembles a pre-discharge static-electric field instead of the balls.

[@brasildocara]

hello Doctor, Which are the proper characteristic of the medium (chlorophyls arrays) to the exiton behave as a wave?

[@kylezo]

Yeah, this and sound bytes talking about how it "changes instantly" are super misleading and really contribute destructively to a helpful understanding of quantum processes. It doesn't "suddenly change", since we have no way to measure BEFORE measurement (obviously), we have no way to know what exists before measurement, so we use metaphors and comparisons to describe things that we know we don't understand. This unfortunately turns into people thinking they understand something that they don't because of the imagery that the language evokes and is super counterproductive, which leads to things like needing to unlearn a bunch of incorrect stuff in order to understand things more fully, which is a huge waste of time, energy, and a roadblock to progress in general.

[@adityaprasad465]

Measurement does _not_ require the particle to be affected. See e.g., en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction-free_measurement

[@cerjmedia]

_"It's kind of like if you have a hedgehog in a box and you have to guess where it is"_ Yes, of course, a very common issue that most people usually face on a daily basis. So annoying when I lose my hedgehog.

[@upandatom]

right?

[@soulmechanics7946]

I'd switch up the probability ratios to include a slice of the pie for landing in multiple positions, I mean.. have you seen how fast that fracking hedgehog moves?!

[@stevedave70]

Loosing the hedgehog sounds like a randy euphemism.

[@Rovsau]

My hedgehog has a GPS implant, but when he curls up it blocks the signal. It was a complete waste of money.

[@tobybartels8426]

It's better than poisoning your cat!

[@storyspren]

If this turns out to be confirmed (as far as anything can be "confirmed"), it'll cement the idea even further that almost anything we try to do could probably be achieved better, easier, and cleaner with biotechnology. And honestly? An almost-fully biotech future sounds super cool.

[@david203]

If it isn't confirmed thoroughly, then there is no good explanation for why photosynthesis is so amazingly efficient.

[@AA-gl1dr]

Everything we humans do, is done better by nature

[@AA-gl1dr]

Everything we humans do, is done better by nature

[@abigailtaylor1534]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! This is what i am studying in my research lab as an undergraduate and what want to study in my PhD program! I love the way you explain physics. Thank you!

[@upandatom]

ooh that's so cool Abigail!

[@frankschneider6156]

Take a good advice from someone who was at that point 25 years ago: don't bet your career on a highly speculative, but very likely anti-scientific topic. There is a good chance that' you'll ruin your entire career for the rest of your life. Do a demanding, but solid and less flashy molbio PhD. Highly speculative topics are typically career killers. You can still switch your main research topic later, if you find a proper (paid) postdoc position for it (although this is very unlikely, which is why it wouldn't be very smart to do a PhD upon it) . Once you are in the "esoteric"-drawer there is no way out of it.

[@david203]

@@frankschneider6156 There are plenty of counterexamples for your pessimism. Most of the biggest contributors in most fields of study did their work because they loved it and were good at it. We wouldn't have Einstein's contributions today if he had followed your advice, because the ideas he followed were speculative. Yes, finding QM in photosynthesis is speculative, but it is highly suggestive due to its high efficiency. We just don't have any other high efficiency theory to apply other than QM. There is a big difference between speculating that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant for all non-accelerating observers and speculating that the positions of the planets at the instant of birth determine aspects of the personality of every human being (astrology). Your narrow-minded comment makes no distinction between different kinds of "esoteric" or speculative topics, which is downright stupid of you. Sorry for my lack of tact.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Woo two of my favourite channels! I'm watching Part 1 after Part 2 for some reason. Although that's not actually a problem on a quantum level.

[@jadetan-holmes2841]

traitor

[@upandatom]

but we've still gotta do our collab! fluid dynamics of blood!

[@MedlifeCrisis]

@@upandatom I thought we were doing Bayes and algorithms in medicine haha! Fluid dynamics would be sweet too, one of my favourite topics. Soon! I think I'm slowly getting a little more time....famous last words

[@Corporis]

@@MedlifeCrisis That's what I like to hear! Also, yes please, you two need to do a video!

[@KhAnubis]

Corporis I third this idea

[@ascii1]

when ever I'm questioning something involving physics for one of my videos, I almost always end up on your channel. you not only frequently end up in my search results, but your amazing at science communicating! Love the videos, keep up the good work!

[@thenerdywalker516]

The amazing thing about this is that last month I first heard about quantum biology and I found it so interesting that I would search for as much videos that I could on this topic.. Now I see that you as well have done a video. Thanks for sharing, its a truly amazing field.

[@robinsheppard6400]

When you first said how the physicists laughed upon reading the paper, I was reminded of something I read regarding sonar. I believe it was in one of Richard Dawkins' books, probably The Blind Watchmaker, but I'm not sure. Anyways, the point is that when sonar was first being developed, the idea that nature had 'invented' it thousands or millions of years before people worked it out was considered absurd, yet it turned out to be the case.

[@manoj.m.rajesh2894]

Iam from India. The video is awesome.Iam a MSc Physics student and through your video I have understood the link between the Quantum mechanics and the plants.Thank you for that!!

[@audreyandremington5265]

2:08 That face, though! 😂 I love these illustrations!

[@johnbonnett5746]

I agree, great illustrations, especially that gloating plant!

[@heartion]

that goofy trolly face literally made me lol

[@brasildocara]

buy kid's books... those are full of illustrations =D

[@suryaraman2134]

I actually watched a few videos on quantum biology but yours is a true game changer. It helped me to visualize the actual way these things work out. Very glad I found you. Thank you ma'am!!!

[@blacksmith67]

7:35 Thank you! I hate when people say that a field collapses when it’s ‘measured’ or ‘observed.’ It makes QM seem mystical when in fact it is only slightly difficult to get your head around when you do the math.

[@Lucky10279]

Well it's still pretty darn counterintuitive, but it definitely helped clear some things up when I realized "measurement" is the wrong word. Decoherence occurs whenever particles interact with each other regardless of whether anyone is actually using that interaction to make a measurement or not.

[@anearthian894]

​@Lucky10279 Define interaction? The interaction with fields is always there. It's not mystical but it's still a mystery what "exactly" causes the collapse.

[@famgod8318]

I read Life on the edge a while ago, and the most interesting hypothesis I found was how smell might be quantum mechanical in nature. Hope you cover that.

[@andrewherman2370]

Excellent series on paradox Jade. Thank you! I will enjoy haunting my middle school science classes' dreams with "reality" using your series. They often bring me a lot of internet conspiracy theories and odd questions, the most common among them, "Is water wet?" To this question I always summarize my explanations with a personal emphasis on relativity and scientific "truth"-- "Reality is much stranger than fiction kids. You definitely will never need to do drugs to flip reality upside down, because it already was but you didn't notice. If you actually use your imagination you will never be disappointed because life is plenty weird enough!" My favorite teacher in high school used to say, "Please never say 'I'm bored' because reality lies undiscovered all around you and within you! Only boring people are bored."

[@leonhardtkristensen4093]

Hi. I have just found this video and I think it is good. One thing I was told when I studied electronic engineering was that if people laugh at an idea doesn't mean that it is wrong. It only means that it is new. It may be wrong as many of the theories we use today may be but maybe not. New ideas should not be disregarded- they may be proved or disproved. It is often better to do something even if it is wrong. If it is wrong we know not to do that again but we have gained knowledge.

[@The_Call_Up]

Your videos are always so informative, Jade. Can't wait for parts 2 and 3!

[@spal3907]

you explanation is so good . loving it . i was banging my head from all over from particle physics chemistry but you cleared it all through your bio analogies

[@tigs870]

Thank you for making this! Its so nice to see cross field science being communicated as well

[@danfg7215]

On the floor of an editing room somewhere, there’s a b roll of her staring eerily into the camera after she’s done talking 😳 great video!

[@adamrebika5128]

How rare - and great - is it to click on a video called "Quantum [anything]" and not have it be just some random new age pseudoscience :p Great content as always!

[@Elimba78]

Everything is moving and a part of an overall pattern, in which make up its system, from particles and up to what it ends up being overall. I like that quantum physics, or entanglement/super position of particles, in which can create some pretty complex set of calculations of the overall system, that are more complex than what would take a supercomputer to calculate for over 10,000 years, in which utilizing quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics can calculate the same information in around a second. Quantum devices using entangled particles, in which more entangled particles, means more information ability and it can also work over great separated distances between them and can still operate, is also neat.

[@gustavoaroeira7329]

Funny that I'm watching this video now after studying these papers for a seminar I gave on 2D electronic spectroscopy. I was going to say that there is a dispute over the quantum beats, but you did that already! Either way, regarding the path of the excitons, 2DES reveled that the pigments closest to the reaction center have lower energy than the ones far away, thus the exciton downhill pathway leads towards the reaction center.

[@philipgould9700]

Miss, Your communications skills and use of body language are very enlightening and persuasive.

[@rnnyhoff]

Jade and team ... thank you for making an enormously complex, developing and revelatory field understandable (sort of for us amateurs) with your insightful teaching. Bravo!

[@SumbluddyIdiut]

I remember reading this several years ago somewhere. A single photon takes every possible path through some region of a leaf simultaneously, until only one of those paths transfers all of the energy; analogous to lightning streamers fingering through the sky until a single pathway allows the entire charge imbalance to be rectified through the single most efficient path. Quite a profound thought but definitely helpful in understanding quantum electrodynamics and its crazy ways. Here's another crazy thought.. What if the universe is really just the framework of a quantum computer cross referencing potentials of possibilities to calculate the probability of its own existence? Possibility, potential and probability rule the universe, so what if that's simply all it is? Surely just the mere notion of the possibility of existence would need a framework in which to be a notion, a mind in which to be pondered, some godly notepad on which to be mapped, plotted and calculated, or even just a universe in which to be lived out any infinite amount of ways... The universe could, mind you, hypothetically, manifest itself just from logic if that ever worried you lol i.e. if nothing existed then possibility itself wouldn't exist... If possibility didn't exist then neither would the possibility of nothing existing.. therefore it is impossible for nothing to exist so the universe must exist. 😋 But, I mean really, back to the possibilities of the universe existing. A possibility is positive or negative and potential gives that qualitative concept a quantitative aspect. Positive, negative, potential... they sound familiar. To communicate and compare possibilities and potentials you need a way of communicating, or maybe, "radiating" your various potential within your framework, assuming it was potentials which were sharing energy between other as they do, measuring and comparing each other (what else would there be to do so?) If exchanging info meant exchanging energy this would lead to changes in their relative potentials. Change is the creator of time, and the exchange in info/energy would require re-radiation of updated energy levels leading to continuous radiation and endless change and the continuous passage of time. There's my philosophical recipe for a universe haha.. Just thought I'd share this fun little thought experiment about the universe being its own thought experiment 😂

[@jamie9430]

Wauw nicely said 💪

[@ahmedaly4328]

This animation was a pure joy to watch!

[@upandatom]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@cleitonoliveira932]

If you think about it, most of the things plants do are "random" from the start because they have to try everything until something works. It's like the "probability approach" was extended to the macro world.

[@mikey10006]

Hot wet messy world of life....this is why I didnt pursue a career in biology,l'll just stay from afar and analyse the maths and physics of it thanks(*﹏*;)

[@upandatom]

haha I loved biology but I couldn't handle all the memorizing

[@A2Techofficial]

@@upandatom Great & interesting Video Jade!

[@mikey10006]

@@upandatom agreed, I've always prefer analytical learning to memorisational, it's why I chose to learn traditional mandarin instead of simplified as well loooooll

[@electromorphous]

@@upandatom that's why I ditched it after a week and took up computer science 😂

[@booJay]

You guys nailed it, it's so messy and nothing makes any sense! My lab mates disagree with me, but biological processes are just too damn complex and don't seem to follow any reasonable logic. I much prefer for there to be an obvious right or wrong answer.

[@Fogmeister]

Life on the Edge is an excellent book. I’ve listened to it twice. 🤣 Glad that you put a link to it in the description.

[@N_Lucas]

Jim Al-khalil has written a few books on this also, I think he also has made a series of talks either on BBC shows or recorded lectures. Worth checking out!

[@karlprybyloski8001]

This is brilliant. Thank you for such interesting channel and topic! I am loving it and the way you explain complex things is really clear. I am amazed and you have a new fan! :)

[@grankwastaken]

You've done it again! Absolutely fascinating video of a topic that I didn't even knew existed :D

[@luisdiaz1997]

Man, I interviewed for PhD admissions with Dr. Greg Engel few weeks ago. Probably one of the most intellectually challenging conversations I had in my life. Since I got admitted to the program, I might do a rotation with him, his work looks amazing.

[@aakashpandit2002]

Finally, two underrated dope channels collaborated. I hope KZbin algorithm will help you one day.

[@AdrianoP93]

just read a bunch of articles, this is the clearest explanation, thanks!

[@aclearlight]

Too much fun! And I love the graphics! Looking forward to learning about AVIAN QUANTUM GPS from you folks (and to seeing the graphics you use to illustrate spin-spin coupling in a magnetic field).

[@4G12]

Mother Nature (Read in Emperor Palpatine Voice): "Foolish humans. Only now do you understand."

[@soulmechanics7946]

I read in the Shredder voice.

[@Araxatu]

That's amazing, so I suppose that the reason that plants grow so fast with much less biomass (CO2 from the atmosphere) is the fact that photosynthesis is so efficient

[@rodylermglez]

Any decent Theory of Everything should be able to also explain life. From math to physics, from physics to chemistry, from chemistry to biology.

[@jrwsp_th]

I was picking this topic as my undergraduate seminar year ago. As I recall, an excition does not just go through the chlorophyll coherently. it's propagation looks like a quantum randon walk. That's what makes it so efficient. Anyway, This video is very great and I love it.

[@MarkEichin]

Great explanation! But quantum tunneling happens just fine at room temperature (flash memory relies on it.) Is it just coherence that (seems to) need extreme conditions?

[@david203]

A coherent system leaks in entropy/disorder from the surrounding hot environment and quickly loses its coherence. That is why Bohm theory is so important: it includes the measurement devices as part of the experiment instead of considering them part of the environment.

[@santhoshwagle9857]

even though i dont understand the concepts clearly, i can still listen to your all day... not only because you are so pretty but also the topics you choose are very interesting...

[@aianyoung]

Your videos are so flipping good! Thank you for making these.

[@upandatom]

thank you :)

[@Lucky10279]

Really interesting! Can't wait for the next video! I'm also super excited for your collab with Nick from Science Asylum. I've been waiting for that collab forever. Your channels just really seem like they'd fit well together.

[@booJay]

Really looking forward to advances in this field as a molecular biologist who actually has stronger interests in physics. I'm trying to convince my supervisor to incorporate quantum biology into his projects! 😂

[@upandatom]

yes!

[@nootums]

5:57: When food is more important than sleep.

[@akarsh4259]

Those simple animations are really epic 👍🏻👍🏻

[@jabradford32]

This reminds me of something a physics professor said when I was an undergrad. He said, "whenever we see a quantum effect on a macroscopic scale it is ALWAYS something really cool, like superfluids, lasers or superconductors". (Also I have always heard the combination of an electron and a hole pronounced "EXIT-on", not "EXCITE-on")

[@wullxz]

"This was a huuuge shock to the scientific community because Seth Lloyd was standing at their table when he presented his results" (no critique of your drawings, I really like them. Keep it up! :))

[@julianengel492]

Thank you for deciding to make multiple videos on this very interesting topic :) Keep up the good work!

[@BiancaTallarico]

The research on how plants got around decoherence shows that there shouldn't be dogma in the different colleges of science. I love how weird physics can get. It just shows how strange and wonderful the universe is. I've been curious of quantum effects on biology. So happy you're looking into this Jade.

[@delivanov252]

Thank you for making this mini series.

[@Urukanguro]

I am a construction worker ,you could say my “ training “ is very “ classical” ,” predictable” but somehow Quantum biology makes a lot of sense . The world of probabilities at the very tiny “ completes me” . Mastering efficiency and energy transfer is what’s all about . It’s all around us ,from plants to people’s daily behaviour at a construction site

[@CreativeCat333]

Plants doing plants shit: Humans: "Look. Quantum mechanics"

[@harshbajpai.4965]

Im in love with this channel ,binging for 2 hrs str8

[@jamessotherden5909]

Excellent video. As one who finds abstract idea's hard to quantify, Your cartoons are just the ticket. Thank you.

[@EidamGD]

2:06 Flowey... is that you?

[@ILsupereroe67]

Well, don't all biological processes involve chemical reactions, which in turn can only be explained in terms of electron orbitals, which can only be explained with quantum physics?

[@alangil40]

Exactly what I was thinking. If quantum mechanics is the underlying theory of all physics, then everything in the Universe by extension requires quantum mechanics to work. As Jade alludes to the vast majority of the time, the quantum effects are abstracted and classical physics/chemistry is sufficient to explain a given phenomenon. But every once in a while, such as in the slit experiment, a proper explanation requires peaking below the covers a level of abstraction down.

[@akashpatel-cb1dq]

This video is awesome, it introduced many important concepts of quantum physics so intuitively. I guess we have lot to learn from biological processes that can help us build successful quantum computer.

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

The illustrations are hilarious! Great work on this video

[@upandatom]

thank you!

[@ETALAL]

@@upandatom loved em too 😂🤣🌻🐝💕

[@clintonwoodssolofthesoul1734]

Matter is crystallized spirit. I am here trying to find how energy is transferred from the outer Sun and received by the inner Sun such as specific glands and nerve bundles in every body. But never underestimate plants. I love all of nature. Thank you for sharing your beautiful piece to the puzzle. Namaste 🙏

[@parkey5]

I love the field of quantum biology, and I love even more that you used sonic in your animation ❤

[@baksatibi]

8:16 Well, quantum tunneling is a practical engineering challenge when designing MOSFETs, the transistors in chips found in pretty much every digital device.

[@errorlul]

How is it possible to "measure" the excitons in the plant whilst preserving its coherence ?

[@johannbauer2863]

afaik, you can't

[@RedR1ghtHand]

Finally, quantum biology is getting the recognition It deserves

[@NourSelim0]

it's also getting the superposition it deserves, it's both true and untrue until further research is done 😁

[@DarioPicciau]

Wonderful... I can’t find part 2... :) also... why not making an episode about anyons? :)

[@Ed19601]

it isn't strange that the messy world of plants uses quantum processes while scientists need super pristine rooms and expensive equipment. the difference: plants use those processes and are not interested in measuring them

[@dbzkings2626]

fascinating! Nature once again is showing us the way.

[@daveseddon5227]

Just when I thought I'd absorbed absolutely everything that I needed to know - you come along with this nugget. 😬 I'm getting too old for this! 🙃🙃 Great video, thanks anyway! 😍

[@upandatom]

never too old to learn cool stuff!

[@daveseddon5227]

@@upandatom Yeah, I know - enjoy your videos - keep up the cool work! 💖💖

[@DeeEm2K]

Yes yes I was waiting for this! I'm studying biology and this combines my love for physics and biology!

[@upandatom]

hooray!

[@royschreiber1]

Just wanted to mention that photosynthesis uses manganese, not magnesium. Magnesium(0) or (+1) can not survive in our bodies as they would oxidize immediately and magnesium(+2) has a full shell and is thus extremely hard to remove another electron from. Photosystem II has a center with four manganese atoms. These oxidize from the +3 and +4 states to the +4 and +5 states (four electrons overall).

[@srgk26]

I like that evil diabolic laugh of the plant when the physicists were laughing 🤣

[@esperancaemisterio]

Wow Jade! This topic is really amazing!!!! Thanks a lot for the video! Fantastic explanation, graphics and music! I really loved this video! =)

[@upandatom]

thank you Joao :)

[@prashantthakuri6074]

BIOLOGY is most diverse branch of Science......Loved your content

[@rc3018]

This is the clearest explanation I heard concerning quantum mechanics! Plants do be useful sometimes.

[@dragoncurveenthusiast]

Amazing video and a great idea for a series! I'm looking forward to the other two videos! 😃

[@peterjansen4826]

With transistors they also like to use that positive charge in/on a hole analogy (where you are an electron 'short'). It never made sense to me, I can only see it as a charge lacking, not as having a charge. If you have a neutral atom and it looses one electron then there is a net positive charge (due to the protons) which can attract a negative charge, not a positive charge in/on a hole as I see it.

[@rmsgrey]

On the level of an individual transaction, it doesn't make a lot of difference whether you think of it as an electron moving to make a neutral atom, or a hole moving to make an ion. If you're looking at fifty transactions, it's a lot messier to say that fifty electrons each, in turn, move to produce neutral atoms, than to say a single hole makes fifty hops - in the former interpretation, you have fifty particles each doing a small thing, without an overarching story; with the latter, you have one object doing a connected series of things that form a coherent story. It gets even more marked when you try tracking a dozen holes through fifty steps each - if you track electrons, you have maybe 400-500 individual electrons, some of which move once, some move twice or more, without much connection between them; if you track holes, you have a dozen holes moving through the same region and it all makes sense...

[@peterjansen4826]

@@rmsgrey Thanks for giving the reasoning behind it. I don't know though if I will ever get used to think of holes moving. A teaching assistant or teacher told me to think of it as if those are bubbles in a liquid with carbon-dioxide. I am not sure how far the analogy holds but that is what I went with.

[@rmsgrey]

@@peterjansen4826 You can do experiments with ball-bearings that give something of the idea, like in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIOpmpmwgZKgqZY The setup is a few thousand ball bearings between two perspex sheets so they can move freely in two dimensions but not the third. The whole apparatus is being vibrated at 50 or 100 Hz, and the pattern develops from many small regions of aligned lattice to a few large regions. If you watch, you'll notice, not only do large chunks move into better alignment with each other, but also small regions where 3-4 balls are missing form a reasonably stable pattern that moves through a region that's otherwise a single lattice. It's that last phenomenon that is an immediately visible example of holes moving.

[@jonthecomposer]

Perhaps once, I simultaneously hated your channel and just never knew which until you saw my comments. Thank you for collapsing the proper wave function :)

[@david203]

Photosynthesis makes a lot more than sugar. It puts sugars together to make starch. It makes cellulose, which is the basis of wood. It makes a large number of organic chemicals that direct the development of a plant's structure (morphology) and appearance and genetics and ... (lots more). All of that is directly or indirectly driven by the Sun's photons.

[@Raphael_NYC]

So beautifully explained. Always so well done. Thank you.

[@kenbattor6350]

A good explanation of Quantum effects. My main problem is putting aside my experiences in the normal world and trying to "visualize" what is happening on the Quantum scale.

[@Sulcuryalt_Inone]

So. We've measured a single particle in more than one spot within the same measurement? Whenever I hear people talk about superposition. It seems like what they're saying is that a particle has multiple positions it can be found in and when the measurement is taken you're seeing where it was at that moment. I wonder how someone could even tell that it was the same particle as intended to be measured.

[@chrisrdi]

I like your energy about this subject. I learned a lot. You've earned sub friendo.

[@m0rgulash]

I have a question here… so, in the case of photosynthesis, that free electron basically has an area of influence, right? And it makes sense, seeing as atoms are mostly empty space (and I assume the same is true for molecules, right?). Is this not very similar to how gravity works as well? A body’s gravity also creates an area of influence, facilitating the interaction of celestial bodies, similar to how the superposition of a particle creates an area of influence, facilitating the interaction of subatomic particles. Did I get that right?

[@sayarbarman6762]

Wow, the physicist that they sent came back traumatized...

[@xgnglint6466]

I love Quantum biology, Quantum mechanics, Quantum physical, Quantum physically. It's makes my to rock it. Thenks to you my lady.🙏✨

[@john-or9cf]

KZbin CC interpreted your “path” as “pub” - I guess it still fits 😂

[@upandatom]

haha yes it does, pub crawl!

[@englishinenglish3473]

Amazing , entertaining , amusing , impressive , curious, profound I don't know to much perfect adjectives to describe this one video 😄, you are great 👍✨

[@johannbauer2863]

Your community is awesome! So much positive and contructive feedback ^^

[@ankitg2023]

Fab video... thanks. Quantum photosynthesis - how are the end results as a quantum process diff from what our classical understanding of photosynthesis predict ... do we get diff speeds, diff end products, or diff ratios predictions , and can we out these new quantum relations to optimise photosynthesis etc. Thanks again fab content and wonderful presentation.

[@SampathKumar-rz6vl]

Nice and interesting video and cartoons my physics class was very boring if it was like this I would have taken physics in college nice work keep it up

[@mathijs1292]

So we are sure that coherence is kept inside the thylakoids but we don’t know if the quantum beat is generated from the exciterons ? Great video btw

[@Veraux]

Your content is just amazing really.