{"id":249857,"date":"2024-07-31T22:15:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/nerve-fibres-in-the-brain-could-generate-quantum-entanglement\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:28","slug":"nerve-fibres-in-the-brain-could-generate-quantum-entanglement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/nerve-fibres-in-the-brain-could-generate-quantum-entanglement\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerve fibres in the brain could generate quantum entanglement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1351\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/30154216\/SEI_214882519.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2442067\" data-caption=\"Do quantum interactions help brain cells stay in sync?\" data-credit=\"Andriy Onufriyenko\/Getty Images\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Do quantum interactions help brain cells stay in sync?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Andriy Onufriyenko\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Nerve fibres in the brain could produce pairs of particles linked by quantum entanglement. If backed by experimental observations, this phenomenon could explain how millions of cells in the brain synchronise their activity to make it function.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a brain is active, millions of neurons fire simultaneously,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.au\/citations?user=gfn6XT4AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Yong-Cong Chen<\/a> at Shanghai University in China. Doing so requires even distant cells to coordinate their timing \u2013 but what mechanism do they use? \u201cIf the power of evolution was looking for handy action over a distance, quantum entanglement\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2441936-nerve-fibres-in-the-brain-could-generate-quantum-entanglement\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Do quantum interactions help brain cells stay in sync? 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