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Life as we know it would be IMPOSSIBLE without Quantum Mechanics. In this video I discuss 3 important Quantum phenomenon that makes our world the way it is.

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🌞 1. Quantum Tunneling in the Sun
Nuclear fusion in the Sun shouldn’t be possible at its core temperature — at least not classically. But thanks to quantum tunneling, protons can overcome the Coulomb barrier and fuse, powering the Sun and sustaining all life on Earth.

(a) liadis, C., Champagne, A., Chieffi, A., & Limongi, M. (2007).
Gamow peak in thermonuclear reactions at high temperatures.
Physical Review C, 75, 045801.
(b) Rolfs, C.E., & Rodney, W.S. (1988).
Cauldrons in the Cosmos: Nuclear Astrophysics.
University of Chicago Press.
ISBN: 9780226724577
(c) Clayton, D.D. (1983).
Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis.
University of Chicago Press.
ISBN: 9780226109534

🌿 2. Quantum Coherence in Photosynthesis
In the first moments after sunlight hits a plant, quantum coherence helps the energy move through the chlorophyll network with near-perfect efficiency — not by random hopping, but by exploring multiple paths at once like a quantum wave.

(a) Engel, G.S., et al. (2007).
Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems
Nature, 446(7137), 782–786.
(b) Panitchayangkoon, G., et al. (2010).
Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(29), 12766–12770.
(c) Mohseni, M., et al. (2008).
Environment-assisted quantum walks in photosynthetic energy transfer
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(17), 174106.

🧬 3. Proton Tunneling and DNA Mutations
DNA bases can occasionally undergo a quantum phenomenon called proton tunneling, momentarily changing their structure (tautomerism). If this happens during replication, it can lead to genetic mutations — the raw material of evolution.

(a) Löwdin, P.-O. (1963).
Proton tunneling in DNA and its biological implications
Reviews of Modern Physics, 35(3), 724–732.
(b) Hernandez, M.I., et al. (2021).
Quantum tunnelling effects in spontaneous mutation of DNA base pairs
Communications Physics, 4(1), 45.
(c) Brovarets, O.O., & Hovorun, D.M. (2015).
Proton tunneling in the A·T Watson–Crick DNA base pair: A quantum-chemical insight into spontaneous mutations
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 33(12), 2714–2731.

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