<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>FYI on CBC Radio, "Quirks and Quarks", Sat. February 6, 2010. </div><div><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/09-10/qq-2010-02-06.html">http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/09-10/qq-2010-02-06.html</a> (Go here to access all the live links below)</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="552" background="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/%20" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><p class="main-title" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(64, 102, 179); font-weight: bold; ">Past Shows</p><p class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><strong>February 6, 2010</strong></p><p class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><strong class="body" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Listen to the whole program: </strong><embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="absmiddle" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2009-2010/mp3/qq-2010-02-06.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> or <br><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2009-2010/mp3/qq-2010-02-06.mp3" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: underline; "><img width="18" height="12" border="0" src="cid:C8C363EE-144D-4270-8D4A-D7F85B56639B@lan">Download the whole program</a></p><hr align="center" width="40%" size="1" noshade=""><a name="1" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); "></a><p style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Quantum Pond Scum</span></p><table align="right" width="141" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" hspace="4"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img alt="algae" width="300" height="211" hspace="4" border="1" src="cid:51448E38-C0FA-4F42-927C-BA0D82724A9E@lan"><br><span class="caption" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "><i></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">When physicists explore the quantum world, they use temperatures close to absolute zero to observe the uncanny properties of single electrons, or perhaps a small single atom, under the most carefully controlled circumstances. When <b>Dr. Greg Scholes</b> investigates quantum mechanical phenomena, he looks at green slime. Dr. Scholes is a physical chemist at the University of Toronto and he's found that a common marine algae uses the properties of quantum mechanics to help it suck sunlight. By using something analogous to a quantum computer, the photosynthesizing algae is making its solar absorbtion more efficient. What surprises Dr. Scholes most is that these quantum phenomena can work on such a relatively large scale in such a wet and messy environment.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><i>Listen to this segment: <embed src="http://odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="absmiddle" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2009-2010/mp3/qq-2010-02-06_05.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> <br>or <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2009-2010/mp3/qq-2010-02-06_05.mp3" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: underline; "><img width="18" height="12" border="0" alt="audio file" src="cid:ECC2DFBF-01D5-4AEB-BB0B-FCCA61518F72@lan">right click to download</a></i> <br><br><b>Related Links</b> <br></p><ul><img width="21" height="15" alt="external site - links will open in a new window" align="left" border="0" src="cid:09997017-047B-4FDB-8C87-F1BD4B5F3676@lan"><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7281/abs/nature08811.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Paper in <i>Nature</i><br></a><img width="21" height="15" alt="external site - links will open in a new window" align="left" border="0" src="cid:8EC95960-8123-4CE7-849B-B42BB82EA972@lan"><a href="http://www.news.utoronto.ca/lead-stories/scientists-find-quantum-mechanics-at-work-in-photosynthesis.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">University of Toronto News Release <br></a><img width="21" height="15" alt="external site - links will open in a new window" align="left" border="0" src="cid:F9DB1AD7-E38A-460D-BAFE-0C0CE472223F@lan"><a href="http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/staff/SCHOLES/scholes_home.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">Dr. Scholes' web page<br></a><img width="21" height="15" alt="external site - links will open in a new window" align="left" border="0" src="cid:197D9BB9-39F0-4847-8268-456B05AB82FF@lan"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/03/tech-biology-photosynthesis-quantum.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); ">CBC News Article<br></a><img width="21" height="15" alt="external site - links will open in a new window" align="left" border="0" src="cid:2720EF7D-9ACF-434A-B854-39FDB5FF6AE7@lan"><a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56002/title/Algae_use_quantum_trick_to_harvest_light" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); "><i>Science News</i> article<br></a></ul><p align="right" style="font-family: Arial, Helveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/09-10/qq-2010-02-06.html#top" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: underline; "><img width="70" height="30" alt="Back to Top" border="0" src="cid:BC09EEB3-FA11-462F-9884-20E88C1CE917@lan"></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></body></html>