And the US defence research agency, Darpa, has been running a nationwide quantum biology network since 2010.

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The idea continues to be somewhat controversial - as is the one that your nose might be doing a bit of quantum biology.

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In 2012, the European Science Foundation launched its Farquest programme, aiming to map out a pan-European quantum research structure in which quantum biology plays a big role.

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But more and more, it seems that quantum physics do have an impact on our biology.

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These fields include areas of nanotechnology, where the categories of physics, chemistry and biology overlap and collapse on each other so as to create new kinds of science, and quantum mechanics, where experimental outcomes are usually seen only in blackboard-based probability formulas.

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