Science News for Kids » Jerome Bonnet http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A switch for a living computer http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/scientists-build-a-transistor-from-dna/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/scientists-build-a-transistor-from-dna/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:38:51 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16600 Scientists used DNA to build biological switches called transcriptors, which act like transistors found on computer chips. Credit: iStockphoto

Scientists build a transistor from DNA]]> Scientists used DNA to build biological switches called transcriptors, which act like transistors found on computer chips. Credit: iStockphoto

Scientists build a transistor from DNA]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/scientists-build-a-transistor-from-dna/feed/ 0 DNA takes notes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/dna-takes-notes/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/dna-takes-notes/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:36:04 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12882 DNA, a tightly coiled molecule found in almost every living cell, may be used as a memory device. Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Engineers develop a computer memory system based on living cells]]> DNA, a tightly coiled molecule found in almost every living cell, may be used as a memory device. Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

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