Its good to keep an open mind about stuff, and recognize that knowledge of all kinds is only tentative
All of us are finite and ignorant
Perhaps we can someday identify physical artifacts of conscious awareness, but how does that explain the root of conscious awareness? There is a difference between that and showing that conscious awareness is physically plausible, and perhaps even likely, according to experiment alone as opposed to our own personal experiences
Perhaps if we understood more about the brain, that would open our eyes to something we cannot even imagine today that would shed light on this issue
Perhaps science alone has capabilities that are more profound that we can see today, in being able to delve into such issues?
we can measure and calculate the effect, but we can't explain it. at least some attempts to explain it call for particles like gravitons that haven't been found yet. this seems to me just like looking for pixie dust to explain consciousness.