Computer design meets potions class: A little of vial 1 and a little of vial 2 yield six-bit computations encoded in DNA Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules that can c... Read more
Engineers control cellular proteins with biological computing DNA has an important job—it tells your cells which proteins to make. Now, a research team at the University of Delaware has deve... Read more
Electronic circuits are found in almost everything from smartphones to spacecraft and are useful in a variety of computational problems from simple addition to determining the trajectories o... Read more
HZDR researchers conduct electricity using DNA-based nanowires Tinier than the AIDS virus – that is currently the circumference of the smallest transistors. The industry has shrunk the centr... Read more
Nature has inspired generations of people, offering a plethora of different materials for innovations. One such material is the molecule of the heritage, or DNA, thanks to its unique self-as... Read more
DNA may be the blueprint of life, but it’s also a molecule made from just a few simple chemical building blocks. Among its properties is the ability to conduct an electrical charge, fueling... Read more
Electronics manufacturers constantly hunt for ways to make faster, cheaper computer chips, often by cutting production costs or by shrinking component sizes. Now, researchers report that DNA... Read more
Conventional silicon-based computing, which has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, is pushing against its practical limits. DNA computing could help take the digital era to the... Read more
Chemists from North Carolina State Univ. have performed a DNA-based logic-gate operation within a human cell. The research may pave the way to more complicated computations in live cells, as... Read more