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In a world first, a research team led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science has shown it is possible to engineer a quantum mechanical process inside proteins, opening the door to a new class of quantum-enabled biological technologies.
The study, published today in Nature, reports the creation of a new class of biomolecules, magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins (or MFPs), that can interact with magnetic fields and radio waves. This is enabled by quantum mechanical interactions within the protein, and occur when it is exposed to light of an appropriate wavelength.
While quantum effects have previously been shown as…