Does new physics lurk inside living matter?

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Abstract

To a physicist, life looks like magic. Living things accomplish feats so dazzling, so enigmatic, that it’s easy to forget they are made of ordinary atoms. But if the secret of life is not the stuff of which living things are made, then what is it? What gives organisms that distinctive élan that sets them apart as remarkable and special?

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages34-40
Number of pages7
Volume73
No8
Specialist publicationPhysics Today
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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