<< In the normal world, an object such as a baseball can only be in one place at one time. But in the quantum world, a particle such as an electron can occupy an infinite number of places at the same time, existing in what physicists call a superposition of multiple states. >>
<< in the quantum world, two individual particles, such as photons can be entangled, such that the mere act of sensing one photon with a detector instantaneously forces the other photon, no matter how far away, to assume a particular state. >>
<< evidence is mounting from the world of plant physiology that some biological processes that rely on quantum superposition occur at normal temperatures, raising the possibility that unimaginably strange world of quantum mechanics may indeed intrude into the every day workings of other biological systems, such as our nervous systems. >>
<< Evolution, in its relentless quest to engineer the most energy-efficient life forms, appears to have ignored physicists’ belief that useful quantum effects can’t happen in the warm, wet environments of biology. >>
Eric Haseltine. Why You Should Care About Quantum Neuroscience.
Hints of an incredibly exciting future. Dec 31, 2018
FonT
davanti a una immagine di "enzima allosterico" qualsiasi bravo scientist sa immediatamente con cosa avra' a che fare: avra' a che fare con il caos, vale a dire con oggetti che possono generare dinamiche senz'altro confinate purtuttavia bizzarre, jazz, funky, fuzzy; invece davanti a concetti quali i due citati sopra (superposition, entanglement), e gli ipotetici effetti immaginabili all'interno di strutture biologiche, neurobiologiche, informatiche, ho idea che chiunque potrebbe sentirsi vagamente disorientato (qui si sottolinea "vagamente") ...
<< Flamingos are very good dancers. They twist and preen, they scratch their heads, they march in unison. >>
Nicholas Bakalar. Flamingo Mating Rules: 1. Learn the Funky Chicken. Nov. 28, 2016.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/science/flamingos-dancing-sexual-display.html
Charlotte Perrot, Arnaud Bechet, et al. Sexual display complexity varies non-linearly with age and predicts breeding status in greater flamingos. Nature. Scientific Reports 6 (2016); Article number: 36242. doi: 10.1038/srep36242
AA << found that fate decision is not a unique programmed event, but the result of a very dynamic process composed of spontaneous fluctuation and selective stabilisation of alternative cellular states >>
<< The whole process is reminiscent of trial-and-error learning in which each cell explores—at its own rhythm and independently of cell division—different molecular possibilities (i.e. different genes turned on or off) before reaching a stable combination of active genes and the corresponding morphology >>
AA << observed that some cells seem to "hesitate" and change morphology many times before reaching a stable state >>
Which type of cell to become: Decision through indecision.
July 27, 2017
https://m.phys.org/news/2017-07-cell-decision-indecision.html
<< Individual cells take lineage commitment decisions in a way that is not necessarily uniform >>
AA << identifies a new category of cells with fluctuating phenotypic characteristics, demonstrating the complexity of the fate decision process >>
Alice Moussy, Jérémie Cosette, et al. Integrated time-lapse and single-cell transcription studies highlight the variable and dynamic nature of human hematopoietic cell fate commitment. PLoS Biol 15(7): e2001867 doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001867
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001867
FonT
in pratica un lancio di dadi, ... quasi.
<< Amico, qualunque cosa suonerai . . . >>
