The Quantum Connection Between Photosynthesis and Bose-Einstein Condensate.

New research suggests that photosynthesis, the process by which plants harness the Sun to survive, has considerable parallels with exciton condensates, something physicists have had to go to great lengths to produce in the lab. Excitons are a boson, and when considered together have quantum properties different from each on its own. A leafy collection of excitons may lack some of the properties associated with macroscopic exciton condensation, but it is likely to retain many of the advantages, including efficient energy transfer.