Scientists made a biological quantum bit out of a fluorescent protein

The protein could be used to sense magnetic fields and temperatures inside individual cells

A cage of wiggly lines representing a protein structure surrounds a glowing sphere.

A protein (illustrated) can be used as a qubit by manipulating the spin of its fluorophore (glowing sphere), the part of the protein that fluoresces. The qubit could be used as a biological quantum sensor for detecting magnetic fields and other effects within cells.

Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios

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