Quantum and Classical Processes in Living Systems

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is the follow-up to a previous publication entitled “Quantum Processes in Living Systems”. The title of this new Special Issue makes it apparent that the scope has been widened to include, along with fully quantum processes, classical mechanisms and the unfolding of events on the edge between the quantum and the classical realm. The underlying idea is that, perhaps, Life requires the intertwinement of all three of these dynamics in order to define and sustain itself.

Our goal for this Special Issue is to mark a milestone in our current understanding of the phenomena involved in the unfolding of Life. Novel studies spanning topics from cellular or sub-cellular phenomena to the workings of the brain are welcome. We will also consider contributions that review, or give different interpretations of, living processes. Experimental and theoretical papers are equally welcome.

Dr. Alessandro Sergi
Prof. Antonino Messina
Guest Editors

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