Plants do quantum physics

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  1. clueless1

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    Aren't plants brilliant. it was in the news a while ago that that were suspected of doing some quantum physics, but now it looks closer to being proven.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22996054

    90% efficiency in energy capture is amazing. To put it into perspective, the most fuel efficient car engine is less than 10% efficient at converting energy locked up in fuel into mechanical energy. Usually when you convert one form of energy to another, you spill most of it, in the form of heat or noise. Plants are using quantum trickery to capture and keep more than they lose. If we could synthesise the technique, that's the world's energy needs sorted.
     
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