Is DNA a fractal antenna?

in science •  3 years ago 

"A fractal antenna is an antenna that uses a fractal, self-similar design to maximize the effective length, or increase the perimeter (on inside sections or the outer structure), of material that can receive or transmit electromagnetic radiation within a given total surface area or volume.

Such fractal antennas are also referred to as multilevel and space filling curves, but the key aspect lies in their repetition of a motif over two or more scale sizes,[1] or "iterations". For this reason, fractal antennas are very compact, multiband or wideband, and have useful applications in cellular telephone and microwave communications."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_antenna

"A fractal antenna uses a self-similar design to maximize the length of a material in a total surface area. This makes fractal antennas compact and wideband. [1] The fractal element of the antenna allows it to have many different resonances, meaning it will act as an antenna for many different electromagnetic frequencies, as can be seen in Fig. 3. The different resonances arise because the fractal nature of the antenna acts as a virtual network of capacitors and inductors"
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph250/ferguson1/

"Research suggests that the DNA structure is optimized to receive large amounts of EMF radiation. The reason for this is because DNA acts as a fractal antenna, attracting EMF radiation.

What are fractal antennas?

Two properties of DNA combined — electron conduction and self-symmetry — are the reasons why DNA acts as a fractal antenna. As a result, DNA is able to absorb EMF radiation at multiple frequency ranges (a characteristic of fractal antennas). In fact, the design of DNA means it is optimized to act as antenna"
https://anycalculator.com/dna.html

"According to Blank and Goodman (2011), DNA seems to operate as a fractal antenna (an antenna that amplifies the frequency range) and, thus, responds to different frequencies. Also, it was found that EMF can disrupt an integrity of DNA, blood cells, nerve cells, or affect arterial blood pressure and pulse rate"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50986117_DNA_is_a_fractal_antenna_in_electromagnetic_fields

"DNA is packed into a cell using a fractal pattern. The DNA in a human cell is 6.5 feet long — longer than the average human. But it has to be folded up to fit inside a tiny cell nucleus, and the cell must be able to unfold any bit of it that might be needed. A fractal pattern does the trick."
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/fractals

DNA is a fractal antenna in electromagnetic fields
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21457072/

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