Certain bacteria deliberately use the rules of quantum mechanics to save their photosynthetic equipment from damage by oxygen (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

Certain bacteria deliberately use the rules of quantum mechanics to save their photosynthetic equipment from damage by oxygen

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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.

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Illustration by Greg Engel

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