Are there good articles that explain why it seems we're at a dead end in explaining consciousness without needing to go subatomic? Because I've never read anyth

Are there good articles that explain why it seems we're at a dead end in explaining consciousness without needing to go subatomic? Because I've never read anything convincing that concludes consciousness, when described as an emergent property of the macro-level operation of the cells and chemicals of our brains, is proven to be impossible.