Nirosha J. Murugan
@msahsorin
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Tissue Biophysics & Assistant Professor. Leveraging biophysical & quantum signals to redefine health.
New paper from our lab in #CellPress @iScience_CP! The human brain emits light—faint, spontaneous photons arising from metabolic and electrical processes. These light emissions not only pass through the skull but also reflect changes in cognitive state, pointing to a new…
To truly decode the brain, we need to transcend disciplines and collaborate openly. Energy efficiency, information processing—these need a systems-level perspective. It's time to bridge the wealth of mapping, omics, and siloed neuroscience data (whether top-down or bottom-up)…
Is this a symptom of a deeper, systemic issue? If we zoom out, we might see that how we define “good” science is often shaped by the consensus structures of the time. Peer review and journal gatekeeping have always been under scrutiny. With all the changes that are happening,…
Peer review is breaking down. As an editor, it's nearly impossible to find reviewers. Editors end up needing to review articles themelves, outside their field. A flood of dubious-quality research is overwhelming the system.
Cellular communication during morphogenesis is traditionally framed through molecular signalling. But beneath it lies a more subtle and powerful layer: weak, invisible physical fields rooted in light, magnetism, and electricity that structure the flow of information and spatial…
When life begins, every cell knows exactly where to go. This stunning video shows a fruit fly (Drosophila) embryo developing in real time, thanks to light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM).
Water is not just a solvent, it can store energy and information. Mitochondria act as dynamic integrators, shaping and being shaped by structured water. Together with microtubules, this coupling forms a coherent system capable of supporting quantum-level effects that drive…
“Mitochondria are environmental sensors swimming in water.” sarapugh.podbean.com/e/16-water-sci… ☝️☝️☝️ Listen Here 00:00 The Heart and Energy Dynamics 02:52 Introduction to Quantum Biology and Water Science 06:08 Challenging Mainstream Scientific Narratives 09:00 The Role of Infrared…
One of the toughest challenges in science is shedding pride and vanity to actively disprove your own theories. But true brilliance unfolds when you transcend what you once believed and something even greater emerges. Scientific truth has no ego.
Here's an example of Physarum (@msahsorin) learning about it's environment (via biomechanical probing of strain angle), at a distance, for some hours, and then going for the bigger mass; details here: doi.org/10.1002/adma.2… not making any claims about consciousness etc.; the…
Several new papers on light-biology interactions recently Understanding how patterned energy in it rawest form (light) interacts with crystallized energy (biochemistry and material things) could transform our view of health @msahsorin and others leading the way - thank you!
The theory now is that longer wavelengths of light specifically from sunlight restore membrane potential in your mitochondria, whereas shorter wavelengths of light (such as from LEDs) reduce it. This needs testing, but it’s intriguing & brings together a lot of data.
To truly understand complex shifts - like those induced by psychedelics - we need more than brain scans and biomarkers. Subjective experience (along with physical signal integration) can complete this picture, grounding the science in lived reality and physical law. Share…
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What if the shape of the body is actually the consequence of smaller patterns working out their dynamics in the physical world? Hear Mike Levin's fascinating speculation on Inner Cosmos: "Might we be surrounded with undetected minds?" eagleman.com/podcast/111 #brain #anatomy
1/4 Scientific theories make testable predictions. Our intrinsic health framework hypothesizes that energy, communication, and structure are sufficiently integrated that a common health construct can be reliably measured. 🧵
Well said!
Key numbers in cell biology Having a sense of scale helps to think more rigorously and realistically about biological systems.
Here we go! 💡 If silicon chips can compute and communicate using light, it’s time we seriously consider the brain as a photonic information processor. Looking beyond action potentials to other physical modalities—like light—opens new ground for understanding complex phenomena…
This new photonic processor uses light—not electricity—to run AI models, completing tasks in under half a nanosecond. ⚡ news.mit.edu/2024/photonic-…
So grateful and beautiful to feel a life grow within you...and then witness it begin to take shape in the world, full of its own rhythm and potential.
watching a baby grow is such a ridiculously great peak life experience
Excited to see our brain photon work sharing the same digital space on Mitoworld: mitoworld.org Biological light may be more than a byproduct -it could be a language. Mitochondria, long known as powerhouses, may also act as integrators and emitters of information…
Photons propagate surprisingly well through the human head, through cortical brain regions it appears. I’d bet the photon path ‘illuminates’ where consciousness is, and where anesthetics bind near quantum optical aromatic pathways. @msahsorin spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/neuro…
What gives us the capacity to grow, recover, and heal? We build on first principles and recent discoveries on biological system dynamics to develop the concept of intrinsic health, a field-like state emerging from the dynamic interplay of energy, communication, and structure🧵