{"id":16405,"date":"2024-08-26T17:53:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/scientists-develop-dna-based-biocomputer\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:53:24","slug":"scientists-develop-dna-based-biocomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/scientists-develop-dna-based-biocomputer\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Develop DNA-Based Biocomputer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and North Carolina State University have developed a functional computer based on DNA instead of traditional electronics. This is detailed in a study published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41565-024-01771-6\">Nature Nanotechnology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tested technology can perform multiple functions such as storing, computing, retrieving, erasing, and rewriting data. Previous attempts at DNA-based data storage and computation could not perform all these functions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn conventional computing technologies, we take for granted that data storage and processing methods are compatible with each other. In reality, these processes occur in separate parts of a computer, and modern PCs are a network of complex technologies,\u201d commented project leader Albert Keung.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He noted that DNA-based computing faces challenges in storing, retrieving, and computing data when it exists as nucleic acids. Electronic computing is more appealing due to the compatibility of all device components.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cUntil now, it was believed that while DNA data storage might be useful in the long term, it would be difficult or impossible to develop a technology that encompasses the full range of operations found in traditional electronic devices [\u2026]\u201d said Keung.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The experts achieved this result through cutting-edge technologies that allowed the creation of soft polymer materials with unique morphology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou can fit data from thousands of laptops into a DNA-based storage the size of a pencil eraser,\u201d Keung emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The researchers noted that the new technology can solve simple tasks from Sudoku and chess and \u201cstore data for thousands of years\u201d without degradation of the DNA-encoded information.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Swiss company FinalSpark created a computer architecture from living biological matter\u2014<span data-descr=\"a miniature and simplified version of an organ, created from stem cells in laboratory conditions\" class=\"old_tooltip\">organoids<\/span> of the human brain, which it rents to scientists for $500 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Chinese scientists developed a robot with a lab-grown artificial brain, which can be taught to perform various tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and North Carolina State University have developed a functional computer based on DNA instead of traditional electronics. This is detailed in a study published in Nature Nanotechnology. The tested technology can perform multiple functions such as storing, computing, retrieving, erasing, and rewriting data. Previous attempts at DNA-based data storage and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1662,1414],"class_list":["post-16405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dna","tag-medicine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"28","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}