http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5214 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5214/comment-page-1#comment-8826 Rogerio Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:49:56 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5214#comment-8826 Smell (olfaction) can also be considered quantum biology. Look for Prof. Luca Turin's research for this. An interesting article about it: http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/the-quantum-mechanics-of-smell/ Smell (olfaction) can also be considered quantum biology. Look for Prof. Luca Turin’s research for this. An interesting article about it: http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/the-quantum-mechanics-of-smell/

]]> http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5214/comment-page-1#comment-8814 Saheli Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:28:21 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=5214#comment-8814 Hmm. On one hand I feel like all chemistry is dependent on quantum mechanics and so quantum biology is really not _that_ crazy an idea, but on the other hand: ooh, femtosecond laser spectroscopy of an intact room temperature photosynthetic cell. . ..that's pretty great. Hmm. On one hand I feel like all chemistry is dependent on quantum mechanics and so quantum biology is really not _that_ crazy an idea, but on the other hand: ooh, femtosecond laser spectroscopy of an intact room temperature photosynthetic cell….that’s pretty great.

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