When we think about biology, we usually picture chemistry: molecules bumping into each other, enzymes reacting, and signals spreading by diffusion. That picture is real—but it may be incomplete. In my recent paper in Harmonic Science Perspectives (Vol 1, Issue 1), I propose a complementary layer of cellular organization: a fast, coordination-capable “resonance network” that uses three interchangeable carriers of energy and information.
IntroductionA simple picture: three messengers that can translate into one anotherWhere this shows up in the body: mitochondria and microtubules as a coupled networkWhy interconversion matters: translation is the key featureResonant synchronization: a possible mechanism for cellular timingTherapeutic implications: why light and sound therapies might work better togetherA note on what’s established vs what’s proposedConclusion: a new lens on living organization
Those three carriers are light (photons), vibration/sound-like mechanical waves (phonons), and mobile electronic excitations in biomolecules (excitons). The central idea is simple to state even if the details are deep: living systems may continuously convert energy back and forth between these three modes to synchronize activity across space and time inside the cell—and potentially across tissues.
