This is an absolutely fascinating hypothesis, Lou - yet it so intricately complex that it would be a surprise if more than a few multi-disciplinary thinkers will invest the time and study necessary to grasp the ultimate significance.
DNA, proteins, amino acids - all of the important molecules of life are chiral. Human proteins are exclusively built from L-amino acids but the origin of this asymmetry is mysterious. Nickel, unlike iron is not terribly important in higher level biochemistry (and can be toxic) - but in the earliest stages of evolution, nickel could have actually been the sine qua non and cause of L-chirality - in other words: No nickel, no chirality, no DNA, no humans. Even more fascinating is that there could be a relatively ignored QM feature (quantum isospin, perhaps) that relates both to chirality and to a propensity for what has been thought to be a strange variety of beta decay... thus tying biogenesis and "free energy" together in a most surprising way. This could be closer to a new kind of nuclear reaction than a subset of beta decay, in it that it is characterized by such low levels of radioactivity that it "seems to be non-nuclear" and it could even be reversible. That might imply a propensity to attract positronium (in the sense of Wheeler's quantum foam) instead of an inherent instability. The result is that "decay" is an external feature of Ni-64 being able to interact with the epo field. That could end up being a fundamental part of an emerging Nanomagnetism hypothesis, but it is really pico, not nano. Among the oddities of Ni nuclear stability - nickel-62 is the most stable nucleus in the periodic table ... yet - get this - it is NOT even close to being the most abundant nickel isotope. "Quantum Foam... Makes Me Roam..." -----Original Message----- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com BTW (off topic), nickel might have more secrets - perhaps it explains the paradoxical imbalance of L/R-chirality of amino acids. See -"The role of nickel(II) on the homochirality of amino acids in living systems" http://elearning.hebron.edu/EPortfolio/artefact/file/download.php?file=5200&; view=245 Could there be some still undiscovered nuclear quantum numbers?
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