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Entangled biphoton generation in myelin sheath — mentioned by k310

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:21:49 GMT

Entangled biphoton generation in myelin sheath [0] Zefei Liu, Yong-Cong Chen, Ping Ao Consciousness within the brain hinges on the synchronized activities of millions of neurons, but the mechanism responsible for orchestrating such synchronization remains elusive. In this study, we employ cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED) to explore entangled biphoton generation through cascade emission in the vibration spectrum of C-H bonds within the lipid molecules' tails. The results indicate that the cylindrical cavity formed by a myelin sheath can facilitate spontaneous photon emission from the…

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Entangled biphoton generation in myelin sheath — mentioned by fsckboy

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:57:42 GMT

tl;dr they've shown quantum entanglement can occur inside nerve fibers, and speculate that it could explain the speed of brain communication a research group in China has shown that many entangled photons can be generated inside the myelin sheath that covers nerve fibers. It could explain the rapid communication between neurons, which so far has been thought to be below the speed of sound, too slow to explain how the neural synchronization occurs. "If the power of evolution was looking for handy action over a distance, quantum entanglement would be [an] ideal candidate for this role," said…

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Entangled biphoton generation in myelin sheath — mentioned by archibaldJ

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:20:11 GMT

To be fair that is not the wordings in the original paper. https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11682 I think the pop-sci writer simply didn’t choose a good wording - the original paper is simply about how the (consciousness-orchestrated?) synchronized activities of millions of neurons may be linked to “cylindrical cavity formed by a myelin sheath can facilitate spontaneous photon emission from the vibrational modes and generate a significant number of entangled photon pairs”. When we don’t have a way to define consciousness and its (let’s called it) orchestration, the notion of “communication” is…

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