Quantum biology

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Lambert, Neill ^a   Chen, Yueh Nan ^b   Cheng, Yuan Chung ^c   Li, Che Ming ^b   Chen, Guang Yin ^b   Nori, Franco ^a,d  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMAGNETISM;

AVIAN MAGNETORECEPTION; NON-TRIVIAL; PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIGHT; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM EFFECTS; TIME-SCALES; UNIQUE FEATURES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84871606833     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2474     Document Type: Review

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