At Maynooth University, researchers have coaxed the chemistry of life itself into performing mathematics — not with silicon and electricity, but with DNA strands assembling inside a single drop of water. This achievement, completing a 100-bit calculation in thirty seconds without any external power, asks us to reconsider what computation fundamentally is: not a product of industry, but a property of matter. It is a quiet but consequential reminder that nature has been processing information for billions of years, and we are only beginning to learn its language.
Scientists Develop DNA Computer That Performs Calculations in Water Droplets
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