{"id":20616,"date":"2016-01-11T02:47:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T10:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/we-are-from-the-future"},"modified":"2017-04-24T23:05:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T06:05:14","slug":"we-are-from-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/we-are-from-the-future","title":{"rendered":"We Are From the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/15pOr1E6hvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreetings. We are from the future. Everything is going to be alright. The future is a beautiful place. But you will need some training in order to get there\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/WeAreFromTheFuture.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/WeAreFromTheFuture.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WeAreFromTheFuture.com\">http:\/\/WeAreFromTheFuture.com<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words, Voice &amp; Editing by Garret John LoPorto.<br \/> Connect on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/GarretJohn\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/GarretJohn\" rel=\"nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/GarretJohn\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/GarretJohn<\/a><\/a><br \/> &amp; on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/garretloporto\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/garretloporto\" rel=\"nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/garretloporto\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/garretloporto<\/a><\/a><br \/> Music: \u201cTime\u201d by Hans Zimmer<br \/> Hans Zimmer feat. Satellite Empire \u2014 Time (The Machinist Remix) <\/p>\n<p>Science:<br \/> \u201cQuantum mechanics explains efficiency of photosynthesis\u201d<br \/> \u201cEnergy transfer in light-harvesting macromolecules is assisted by specific vibrational motions of the chromophores,\u201d said Alexandra Olaya-Castro (UCL Physics &amp; Astronomy), supervisor and co-author of the research. \u201cWe found that the properties of some of the chromophore vibrations that assist energy transfer during photosynthesis can never be described with classical laws, and moreover, this non-classical behaviour enhances the efficiency of the energy transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe negative values in these probability distributions are a manifestation of a truly quantum feature, that is, the coherent exchange of a single quantum of energy,\u201d explained Edward O\u2019Reilly (UCL Physics &amp; Astronomy), first author of the study. \u201cWhen this happens electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom are jointly and transiently in a superposition of quantum states, a feature that can never be predicted with classical physics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/news-articles\/0114\/090114-Quantum-mechanics-explains-efficiency-of-photosynthesis\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/news-articles\/0114\/090114-Quantum-mechanics-explains-efficiency-of-photosynthesis\" rel=\"nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/news-articles\/0114\/090114-Quantum-mechanics-explains-efficiency-of-photosynthesis\">http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/news-articles\/0114\/090114-Quantum-\u2026osynthesis<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/we-are-from-the-future\">Continue reading \u201cWe Are From the Future\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGreetings. We are from the future. Everything is going to be alright. The future is a beautiful place. But you will need some training in order to get there\u2026\u201d More: http:\/\/WeAreFromTheFuture.com Words, Voice &amp; Editing by Garret John LoPorto. Connect on Facebook: http:\/\/on.fb.me\/GarretJohn &amp; on Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/garretloporto Music: \u201cTime\u201d by Hans Zimmer Hans Zimmer feat. 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