The emission of photons from aqueous systems, testifies to their stable presence in the electron-excited state, characteristic of living matter

Abstract

In modern biology, the dominant concept is that living organisms are extremely complex machines, and the principles of life can be explained on the basis of the laws of physics and chemistry established in the study of inert matter. However, a number of outstanding scientists adhered to a fundamentally different position. According to V.I. Vernadsky, there is "some fundamental difference between the living and the dead. This difference stems from some difference between the matter or energy found in the living organism and those forms which are studied in physics and chemistry, i.e., in ordinary inert, lifeless matter, or it indicates the inadequacy of our ordinary conceptions of matter and energy, derived from the study of inert nature, for the explanation of all the processes of life." The fundamental difference between living and dead matter was insisted on by A.G. Gurvich, A.L. Chizhevsky, A. Szent-Györgyi and a number of other prominent scientists. The founder of theoretical biology, E.S. Bauer, formulated the principle of "stable non-equilibrium", according to which all and only living systems are in a stable non-equilibrium (constantly excited) state. The main material components of living matter are also in this state. During collective transitions to the basic state, they perform work aimed at preserving the excited (efficient) state of other parts of the living system. That is, according to Bauer, living matter is in a state similar to the state of the working body of a pumped laser, but unlike a technical laser, it is excited not due to forced pumping of external energy, but due to its natural absorption of energy from the external and/or internal environment. When the excited biostructures are "discharged", organized energy is released, and useful work is performed. Experimental evidence that biological systems are in a stably excited state was obtained as early as the 1930s by A.G. Gurvich, who discovered the so-called "degradation" radiation of living systems, and by other authors who studied the optical properties of living matter. The report will briefly highlight the results of early work indicating the special material and energy state of living matter. The main problem that hindered the perception of the paradigm of the fundamental material-energy difference between the living and the dead was the difficulty of explaining how the basic organic biomolecules that ensure the functioning of living matter can remain in a stable non-equilibrium state. According to our ideas, this problem is solved if we take into account that the material basis of any living matter is water, which (especially in living matter) is a heterogeneous dynamic substance. According to modern data, water systems, due to their heterogeneity, are able to transform the energy of IR rediation into electrical or mechanical energy that ensures its performance. We and a number of other authors have found that the heterogeneity of water ensures its ability to be oxidized by oxygen, the source of which even in relatively mild conditions can be water itself. The intermediate products of its oxidation, reactive oxygen species (ROS), self-eliminate with the release of high-density EM energy, ensuring that water remains in a constantly excited state, including electronic excitation. The report will present the results of our studies of the excited state of both simple aqueous solutions, for example, bicarbonates, and solutions in which common biochemical reactions take place, during which ROS are generated, and such biological tissues as blood, which ensures both their performance and the possibility of information exchange with external sources and receivers of information. Recognition that living matter differs in its material and energy properties from inert matter will allow us to take a fresh look at such problems of vital activity that have not yet found their explanation within the framework of the dominant paradigm.

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Voeikov Vladimir L.
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology
Russia

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