@article{39aa1b0c926a4bd6a322bd99aaf234f5,
title = "Quantum biology",
abstract = "Recent evidence suggests that a variety of organisms may harness some of the unique features of quantum mechanics to gain a biological advantage. These features go beyond trivial quantum effects and may include harnessing quantum coherence on physiologically important timescales. In this brief review we summarize the latest results for non-trivial quantum effects in photosynthetic light harvesting, avian magnetoreception and several other candidates for functional quantum biology. We present both the evidence for and arguments against there being a functional role for quantum coherence in these systems.",
author = "Neill Lambert and Chen, {Yueh Nan} and Cheng, {Yuan Chung} and Li, {Che Ming} and Chen, {Guang Yin} and Franco Nori",
note = "Funding Information: We thank A. Pisliakov, L. Valkunas, E. Gauger, P. Nation, S. Darroch, I. Mahboob, A. Y. Smirnov, A. Ishizaki, K. Jacobs and S. De Liberato for helpful discussions and feedback. Y-C.C. thanks the National Science Council, Taiwan (Grant No. NSC 100-2113-M-002-004-MY2), the National Taiwan University (Grant No. 10R80912-5) and the Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (Subproject: 10R80914-1) for financial support. Y-N.C. thanks the National Science Council, Taiwan (Grant No. NSC 101-2628-M-006-003-MY3) for financial support. F.N. acknowledges partial support from the ARO, JSPS-RFBR contract No. 12-02-92100, MEXT Kakenhi on Quantum Cybernetics and the JSPS-FIRST Program. C-M.L thanks the National Science Council, Taiwan (No. NSC 101-2112-M-006-016-MY3, No. NSC 101-2738-M-006-005 and No. NSC 103-2911-I-006 -301) for financial support.",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1038/nphys2474",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "10--18",
journal = "Nature Physics",
issn = "1745-2473",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}