The liquid crystalline organism and biological water

Water and the Cell

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 219-234

  Ho, Mae Wan ^a,b   Zhou, Yu Ming ^a   Haffegee, Julian ^a   Watton, Andy ^a   Musumeci, Franco ^c   Privitera, Giuseppe ^c   Scordino, Agata ^c   Triglia, Antonio ^c  

^a Institute of Science in Society   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

birefringence; bodyconsciousness; bound water; coherence; collagen; delayed luminescence; free water; intercommunication; Liquid crystalline continuum; nonlinear optics; proton conduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051665876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4927-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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