In photosynthesis, the Sun's energy is harvested and converted into biomass, greening the planet. Evidence is growing that quantum mechanics plays a part in that process. But exactly how, and why, remains to be explored.
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Scholes, G. Green quantum computers. Nature Phys 6, 402–403 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1693
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