How Quantum Mechanics Helps Us Breathe

New insights explain how respiration does not result in asphyxiation. Image credit: Antonio Guillem via shutterstock Rights information: ://shutr.bz/1kivwqc Why don't we suffocate whenever we try to take a breath? An international team of scientists has used quantum mechanics - the science that usually deals with events at the level of the ultra-small - to solve this human-sized mystery.Quantum mechanics has long proved its value in understanding such phenomena as the behavior of electrons and i...