Biophysicists theorize that plants tap into the eerie world of quantum entanglement during photosynthesis. But the evidence to date has been purely circumstantial. Now, scientists have discovered a feature of plants that cannot be explained by classical physics alone — but which quantum mechanics answers quite nicely. Are Plants Really Using Quantum Entanglement In Photosynthesis? A recent […]
When It Comes to Photosynthesis, Plants Perform Quantum Computation The wavelike motion of energetic particles through photosynthetic systems enables plants to efficiently capture the sun’s energy. – By David Biello on April 13, 2007 Credit: © ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/KAMNEED Plants soak up some of the 1017 joules of solar energy that bathe Earth each second, harvesting as much as […]
Quantum teleportation: Transfer of flying quantum bits at the touch of a button Date: August 15, 2013 Source: Universität Mainz Summary: Hybrid technology makes possible highly reliable transmission of photonic qubits. Deterministic quantum teleportation of a photonic quantum bit. Each qubit that flies from the left into the teleporter leaves the teleporter on the right […]
Teleportation: Behind the Science of Quantum Computing Researchers able to reliably teleport information between quantum bits. By Melody Kramer, National Geographic A quantum teleportation circuit, with an ant for scale. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY JONAS MLYNEK, ETH ZURICH It might seem like something straight from the Star Trek universe, but two new research experiments—one involving a photon and the other involving […]