Where physics meets biology: More information

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In his article “Does new physics lurk inside living matter?” (Physics Today, August 2020, page 34), Paul Davies mentions many interesting phenomena in biology, including epigenetic influence in two-headed worms. I agree that such information might be important to both physics and biology.11. J. J.-L. Ting, J. Appl. Phys. 125, 155702 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5088852As I finished reading, I realized the article is advocating quantum biology. Davies cites a claim made by researchers in 2015 “that many biologically important molecules, such as sucrose and vitamin D3, have unique electron-conductance properties associated with the critical transition point between an insulator and a disordered metal conductor.”What I do not know is this: How could bulk material properties such as electron conductance be defined at the molecular level? In my opinion, geometry will be more important than material properties at that level.ReferenceSection:ChooseTop of pageReference <<CITING ARTICLES1. J. J.-L. Ting, J. Appl. Phys. 125, 155702 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5088852, Google ScholarCrossref, ISI© 2021 American Institute of Physics.