It’s “rea­son­a­ble to ex­pect that when you go to the ul­tra­cold re­gime there would be no chem­is­try to speak of,” be­cause at­oms should be mo­tion­less, said phys­i­cist Deb­o­rah Jin, lead­er of one JILA group in­volved in the ex­pe­ri­ments. But “this pa­per says no, there’s a lot of chem­is­try go­ing on.”

“Quantum chemistry” a new window into lives of molecules

I suppose the question is how fragile memory really is and if there are any quantum effects involved?

While physicists struggle to get quantum computers to function at cryogenic temperatures, other researchers are saying that humble algae and bacteria may have been performing quantum calculations at life-friendly temperatures for billions of years.

Roger Penrose is now on related points looking more credible.