Bacteria know how to exploit quantum mechanics, UChicago study finds

Credit: Illustration by Greg Engel

A group of scientists at the University of Chicago discovered that certain bacteria deliberately use the rules of quantum mechanics to save their photosynthetic equipment from damage by oxygen.

« Bacteria know how to exploit quantum mechanics, UChicago study finds

Credit: Photo by Lawson Lloyd

University of Chicago graduate student and first study author Jake Higgins next to the laser where the data were taken. Photo by Lawson Lloyd

« Bacteria know how to exploit quantum mechanics, UChicago study finds

Credit: Photo by Siddhartha Sohoni

University of Chicago scientists Jake Higgins and Lawson Lloyd tune the laser in the laboratory of Greg Engel.

« Bacteria know how to exploit quantum mechanics, UChicago study finds

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