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Johnjoe McFadden PHD - QUANTUM BIOLOGY EXPLAINED

Chasing Consciousness

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Photosynthesis Quantum Effects - What Are They?

In photosynthesis, in photosystems, it's close to 100% efficiency. How does that work? It's a puzzle that Greg Engel and colleagues at the University of California were investigating. They do it by firing a photo on a laser, they excite a photo system and an isolated photosystem - not inside a plant. And you mentioned the avian navigation discovery. I think there's even some data about smell. Tell us about it. You see data point in a little bit of detail because we love data here.

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