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I remember being introduced to this research when reading a weird paper on the unexpected efficiency of photosynthesis, but now I can't find that paper. Anyone

I remember being introduced to this research when reading a weird paper on the unexpected efficiency of photosynthesis, but now I can't find that paper. Anyone got any hints?

SiempreViernes 1y ago
For the papers about their measurements, you can look at the references in the technical press release https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025/10/advanced-physicsprize2025.pdf https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025/10/advanced-physicsp... Can't help you with "a weird paper on the unexpected efficiency of photosynthesis", try asking a biologist at your local university, or possibly an organic chemist.
- Intermernet 1y ago
  Yeah, I looked at Google Scholar to try and find cross-references to anything to do with photosynthesis and came up empty-handed. Annoying because I've been telling people about these guys for years, but can't find the original paper that introduced me to them!
jcynix 1y ago
Maybe you can find the paper you ate looking for starting here? https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/07/08/how-plants-manage-light-new-insights-into-natures-oxygen-making-machinery/ https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/07/08/how-plants-manage-ligh... Tip: this page links to further reading of older stuff.
handscarlsen 1y ago
why annoy credible scientists when there is an AI underlord available. Unexpected Quantum Efficiency of Photosynthesis: cite papers -->perplexity.ai hints galore.
bookofjoe 1y ago
>Quantum efficiency of photosynthetic energy conversion [1977] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC431568/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC431568/ >Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems [2007] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05678 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05678 >Explaining the Efficiency of Photosynthesis: Quantum Uncertainty or Classical Vibrations? [2022] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00538 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00538 >Reassessing the role and lifetime of Qx in the energy transfer dynamics of chlorophyll a [2025] https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d4sc06441k https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d4sc0... >Full microscopic simulations uncover persistent quantum effects in primary photosynthesis [2025] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady6751 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady6751
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I remember being introduced to this research when reading a weird paper on the unexpected efficiency of photosynthesis, but now I can't find that paper. Anyone got any hints?

SiempreViernes 1y ago

For the papers about their measurements, you can look at the references in the technical press release https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025/10/advanced-physicsprize2025.pdf https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025/10/advanced-physicsp... Can't help you with "a weird paper on the unexpected efficiency of photosynthesis", try asking a biologist at your local university, or possibly an organic chemist.

Intermernet 1y ago
Yeah, I looked at Google Scholar to try and find cross-references to anything to do with photosynthesis and came up empty-handed. Annoying because I've been telling people about these guys for years, but can't find the original paper that introduced me to them!

jcynix 1y ago

Maybe you can find the paper you ate looking for starting here? https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/07/08/how-plants-manage-light-new-insights-into-natures-oxygen-making-machinery/ https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/07/08/how-plants-manage-ligh... Tip: this page links to further reading of older stuff.

handscarlsen 1y ago

why annoy credible scientists when there is an AI underlord available. Unexpected Quantum Efficiency of Photosynthesis: cite papers -->perplexity.ai hints galore.

bookofjoe 1y ago

>Quantum efficiency of photosynthetic energy conversion [1977] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC431568/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC431568/ >Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems [2007] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05678 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05678 >Explaining the Efficiency of Photosynthesis: Quantum Uncertainty or Classical Vibrations? [2022] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00538 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00538 >Reassessing the role and lifetime of Qx in the energy transfer dynamics of chlorophyll a [2025] https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d4sc06441k https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d4sc0... >Full microscopic simulations uncover persistent quantum effects in primary photosynthesis [2025] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady6751 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady6751

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