In Life on the Edge, Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden argue quantum effects are decisive in biology – but this challenging idea needs more proof FOR 15 years, theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili ...

Marta Varela reviews Life on the Edge: the Coming of Age of Quantum Biology by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden Photosynthesis is one of many biological processes thought to rely on ...

Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology. By Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden. Bantam Press; 355 pages; £20. Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk LIFE science still hides a few mysteries ...

Looking at life at the atomic scale offers a more comprehensive understanding of the macroscopic world. theasis/E+ via Getty Images Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own ...

A quantum computer is a serious piece of hardware. My colleagues and I build quantum computers from superconducting systems, quantum dots, lasers operating on nonlinear crystals, and the like.

Despite decades of research, fundamental questions about photosynthesis remain unanswered. One important issue is whether we can use it to develop artificial systems capable of turning solar energy ...

Eighty years ago, physicist Erwin Schrödinger asked a deceptively simple question: What is life? In a series of lectures in Dublin, later published as a short book, he proposed that the principles of ...

For years, military researchers have been exploring how the seemingly-improbable realm of quantum mechanics could impact information technology -- leading to faster, more powerful computers, next-gen ...

PROF. NIELS BOHR, of Copenhagen, has brought together a collection of articles dealing in a rather general way with modern physics, under the title “Atomtheorie und Naturbeschreibung” (Berlin: Julius ...

The sensitivity of the biological quantum sensors also lags behind solid-state sensors, such as those made from defects in diamond. So there’s still work to be done on stability and sensitivity before ...