Jun 22, 2024
The idea that memories are stored in molecules was popular in the middle of the 20th century. However, since the discovery of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the 1970s, the dominant view has been that our memories are stored in synapses, that is, in the connections between neurons.
Today, there are signs that the...
Jun 8, 2024
Is quantum physics important in determining how living systems, including brains, work?
Today's guest is a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Surrey in England and explores this question in the book “Life at the edge: The coming of age of quantum biology”.
In this “vintage” episode, recorded...