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bee_rider on Jan 10, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Agents Are Not Enough

What processes in our cells make use of quantum mechanics? (I mean in some sense everything is quantum mechanics, but cells are quite big in a quantum mechanics sense. I’d imagine they are mostly classical).

notamy on Jan 10, 2025 [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_biology

> Mitochondria have been demonstrated to utilize quantum tunneling in their function as the powerhouse of eukaryotic cells.

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