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?
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•1h 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!
Tip: this page links to further reading of older stuff.
handscarlsen•46m ago
why annoy credible scientists when there is an AI underlord available.
Unexpected Quantum Efficiency of Photosynthesis: cite papers -->perplexity.ai
hints galore.
dataviz1000•56m ago
Michel H. Devoret, Chief Scientist at Google Quantum AI, and in April 2020 John M. Martinis resigned from Google after being reassigned to an advisory role. [0]
Sounds like there was some politics shenanigans between them where Martinis was moved into a useless role and took the hint at the height of covid lockdown.
This award involved some clever engineering to set up quantum effects in a macroscopic system, but was there any new physics involved here?
(Still better than last year's award which wasn't really physics at all!)
SiempreViernes•41m ago
They discovered that the theory worked in a regime it hadn't been tested before; I'm not sure what "new physics" means in your sentence: it is a core assumption of physics that it's rules are always true, that all physics has always existed.
geremiiah•34m ago
Comments like these make me realize most people have no clue what science is really like.
wslh•17m ago
Great experiments are an essential part of physics.
chrysander•21m ago
More than deserved! Both Devoret and Martinis are also highly involved in pushing quantum engineering to new levels - Devoret at Google Quantum AI and Martinis (formerly at Google) with his company, Qolab. Coincidentally, I have a close friend doing his PhD with Devoret and know someone working with Martinis. I am curious to see if they will ever see their respective supervisors again, given that the Nobel Prize attention will likely garner them countless invitations for talks and keynotes...
Intermernet•1h ago
SiempreViernes•1h ago
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•1h ago
jcynix•47m ago
Tip: this page links to further reading of older stuff.
handscarlsen•46m ago
hints galore.