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Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion
The problem of understanding fundamental physical constants and their values was discussed in particle physics, astronomy, and cosmology. Here, I show that an additional unexpected insight comes from condensed matter physics and liquid physics in particular: Fundamental constants have a biofriendly...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37611101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh9024 |
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description | The problem of understanding fundamental physical constants and their values was discussed in particle physics, astronomy, and cosmology. Here, I show that an additional unexpected insight comes from condensed matter physics and liquid physics in particular: Fundamental constants have a biofriendly window constrained by biofriendly viscosity and diffusion setting the motion in essential life processes in and across cells. I also show that bounds on viscosity, diffusion, and the fundamental velocity gradient in a biochemical machine can all be varied while keeping the fine-structure constant and the proton-to-electron mass ratio intact, with no implication for the production of heavy nuclei in stars. This leads to a conjecture of multiple tuning and an evolutionary mechanism. |
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spelling | pubmed-104464712023-08-24 Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion Trachenko, Kostya Sci Adv Physical and Materials Sciences The problem of understanding fundamental physical constants and their values was discussed in particle physics, astronomy, and cosmology. Here, I show that an additional unexpected insight comes from condensed matter physics and liquid physics in particular: Fundamental constants have a biofriendly window constrained by biofriendly viscosity and diffusion setting the motion in essential life processes in and across cells. I also show that bounds on viscosity, diffusion, and the fundamental velocity gradient in a biochemical machine can all be varied while keeping the fine-structure constant and the proton-to-electron mass ratio intact, with no implication for the production of heavy nuclei in stars. This leads to a conjecture of multiple tuning and an evolutionary mechanism. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10446471/ /pubmed/37611101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh9024 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Physical and Materials Sciences Trachenko, Kostya Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
title | Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
title_full | Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
title_fullStr | Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
title_full_unstemmed | Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
title_short | Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
title_sort | constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion |
topic | Physical and Materials Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37611101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh9024 |
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