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Quantum fiber optics in the brain enhance processing, may protect against degenerative diseases - EurekAlert


Led by the Quantum Biology Laboratory (<em>https://www.quantumbiolab.com/</em>) at Howard University in Washington, DC, this study reports the discovery of a distinctly quantum effect in biology that survives warm, chaotic conditions and may also present a way for the brain to protect itself from degenerative diseases like Alzheimer&rsquo;s.&nbsp;The result, published in <em>The Journal of Physical Chemistry</em> and selected as an Editors&rsquo; Choice by <em>Science</em> magazine, is not only an important discovery for neuroscience, but also suggests new applications of techniques for quantum computing researchers, and represents a new way of thinking about the relationship between life and quantum mechanics. The work represents the world-first demonstration of collective quantum optical behavior in a micron-scale protein aggregate and constitutes the first experimental confirmation of single-photon superradiance in cytoskeletal filaments at room temperature.&nbsp;

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