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Nirosha (Narosha/Nirosha) Murugan (guest/researcher)

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314 total appearances

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Radiolab
The Spark of Life

There are a lot more and we're starting to see more and more as people start to look at interactions with light, we can see that molecules have inherent abilities to absorb light.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Yeah, that's a good question.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And we don't know.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

My hypothesis is that the cell generating light is purposeful, but we don't have the evidence to strongly say yes or no.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Those are all next steps.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

So I think, yeah, there's some like a lot more questions to be asked.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I mean, and then the next question, if this light that's coming off of these mitochondria, if it's purposeful...

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

How is it getting from point A to point B in the cell?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

Photons scatter, right?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

So like photons, when it gets released, it's not like I'm going this direction.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

It'll be scattered.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I'm not going north.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

I'm just an explosion of photons.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And if we are going to say that it's purposeful, it needs to be guided into a destination.

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

So then your question is, how does it get from A to B without going off course in a photon-like manner?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And what is the biology that would support that?

Radiolab
The Spark of Life

And there is some evidence suggesting that maybe the cytoskeleton is a means to guide photons.