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holoman
http://www.physorg.com/news95605211.html

if once they understand the process if it could be adapted to man"s biology. Maybe an implant of some kind.

Imagine man exploring space where food and water are at a premium.

The possbility of food and water from solar energy would be phenominal for extended exploration.
Gerald R. Everett
I think the interesting thing is that nature did not have 2.7 billion years to
perfect photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria were amoung the first living things to
appear.

What is interesting to me is the question, "in what environment would this
addaptation have evolved it??"

Gerald R. Everett
Static_8
"coherent electronic oscillations in both donor and acceptor molecules, generated by light-induced energy excitations, like the ripples formed when stones are tossed into a pond."

This sounds like common magnetic wave action, much like Tesla describes when
harmonics are used....almost like the Tesla Transimitter?



Pushkar Paranjpe
Hey,


Me goin on a tangential but...

QUOTE
"sample all the potential energy pathways and choose the most efficient one"


I wonder what the above entails for information theory, specifically encryption. Or quantum computation, say. wink.gif

Pushkar.
Guest_Gman
It is often said that the earth increases mass from space debris. I wonder can the earth also increase mass as a direct result of Photosynthesis? I think that it does but I only have observational evidence to support this. Any thoughts on the matter?
Vivlav
excuse my ignorance if I am wrong but with the proper exchange of energy if photosynthesis adds mass then we also give mass away at the same time through many different means.


I am not saying that it doesnt happen but i think its like the randomality parabola. The more and more you roll a 2 sided die the closer to a 50/50 ratio you get too. I can assume within a small fraction that all that we absorb in this method is also released in various manners.
Brian From
Plants utilize light energy in order to grow and proliferate, and by one of the most overly used but underly understood equations in physics E=m(c^2) the energy of incident photons would in tern be taken in by the plant in order to grow thus increasing its mass therefore photosynthesis does directly increase the mass of the earth by the plants photon absorption and growth; however, the most intriguing idea here is the possibility of replicating this feat of nature in other means, or say more directed to energy production by even reversing the process to convert everyday mass into energy with high efficiency after all you can never beat out the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
Alejo Althorpe
Sun light is not coherent as laser ligth. Let's wait to see how the systems perform when they are exposed to more realistic light
Buadach
QUOTE (Guest_Gman+Apr 14 2007, 04:11 PM)
It is often said that the earth increases mass from space debris. I wonder can the earth also increase mass as a direct result of Photosynthesis? I think that it does but I only have observational evidence to support this. Any thoughts on the matter?

The solar energy in photosynthesis is used to combine water from the ground and carbon dioxide from the air into sugars and oxygen. It just powers the chemical reactions by splitting and forming chemical bonds.

I don't think we have to invoke direct photon -> baryon matter creation, although I am unsure of just how much solar energy is converted directly to mass on earth.
tabower25
This rings a bell with me. Remember the recent story about the scientist who suggested that neurons might transmit their information through sound? His proposed this because he said that there wasn't enough extraneous heat in the system to justify electrical signal transmission? Maybe the heat is missing in the nerve impulses for the same reason the heat is missing in the photosynthesis reaction he is describing.
kaneda
tabower25. Good point. Why not join this forum even if you only post rarely? We can use people who are capable of thinking for themselves here.
Curious scientist
I was wondering wether photosynthesis effects the temperature of water bodies(increasing evaporation)
Alancito
QUOTE (holoman+Apr 13 2007, 02:42 PM)
If once they understand the process if it could be adapted to man"s biology. Maybe an implant of some kind.

If you pay attention to your peripheral vision you will discover that man can absorb energy via the touch of light upon his eyes - much like the touch of light upon a leaf. This is the meaning of the Green Man symbolism in churches and cathedrals. The energy directly felt from many months practicing awareness of one's peripheral vision is referred to in the Christian tradition as the power of the Holy Spirit. In the Hindu tradition it's Shakti. And recall the little understood biblical phrase: "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." ...Enlightenment - the human version of photosynthesis!
gbruno
Results are from 77Kelvin. Fascinating if they apply at 25Celcius.

Recently we have seen proposed:
Consciousness as quantum effects in microtubules (Penrose)
Origin of DNA as quantum effect
"order' to be found by quantum computers (equivalent to factoring) (Schor)

and in Sci-Fi
Greg Egan: Teranesia :DNA 'repair' selecting for super-evolution

Maybe I'll have to convert to accepting some of these
insight
Here is a quagmire, If photosynthesis uses photons to increase a plants mass and a photon has no mass then how does this happen?
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