Knowing how plants and bacteria harvest light for photosynthesis so efficiently could provide a clean solution to mankind's energy requirements. The secret, it seems, may be the coherent application of quantum principles.
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Sension, R. Quantum path to photosynthesis. Nature 446, 740–741 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446740a
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