DNA nanotechnology in computers knocks down another roadblock

The researchers pint out that there are still several roadblocks before we can see the use of DNA origami in computers – even after the ‘placement and orientation problem’ has been solved. For example, what is the best material to act …

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DNA nanotechnology in computers knocks down another roadblock

New nanolaser key to future optical computers and technologies

Nanophotonics may usher in a host of radical advances, including powerful “hyperlenses” resulting in sensors and microscopes 10 times more powerful than today’s and able to see objects as small as DNA; computers and consumer electronics …

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How Computers Will Learn To Listen

Many people will have personal experience at how difficult it is for computers to deal with spoken language – people who “communicate” with automated telephone systems need a great deal of patience because if they speak just a little …

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TG Daily – User friendly bio computers on the way

According to Science Daily, biomolecular computers , made of DNA and other biological molecules, only exist today in a few specialised labs. Most people would never even get the chance to use them to play counterstrike

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Science in the shadows « University Blog

For anyone working in a research-intensive university, or for anyone with an interest in the life sciences , today (July 25) should be a red letter day. Had she lived, Rosalind Franklin would have turned 89 on this day

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wildsingapore news: Could Extinct Animals Be Resurrected from …

There is little agreement on this, but a new project to store tiny samples of tissue from endangered animals at New York’s natural history museum again prompts questions on whether this approach might be insurance against extinction, …

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