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cookie  Biologists and physicists collaborate to investigate
‘quantum biology’  3 December 2012  The bizarre world of quantum
mechanics might not seem a likely place from which to find
answers to biological questions, but increasing numbers of
scientists are turning to it to better explain the living world.
Renowned as one of science's strangest areas, where particles
behave in extraordinary, counter-intuitive ways (Physicist Niels
Bohr said: "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory does not
understand it."), quantum effects are inspiring the emerging
field of quantum biology and could lead to exciting discoveries
in different areas of biology.  Image: Institute of Advanced
Studies  Prof Jim Al-Khalili (University of Surrey), Prof
Johnjoe McFadden (University of Surrey, Prof Vlatko Vedral
(University of Oxford), Prof Greg Engel (University of Chicago),
Prof Nigel Scrutton (University of Manchester), Prof Thorsten
Ritz (UC Irvine, USA), Dr Paul