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A switch for a living computer

By Stephen Ornes / April 19, 2013

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

Posted in Computers & Electronics | Tagged bacteria, bio chip, biochip, biocomputer, biocomputing, bioengineer, bioinvention, biological computing, biological switch, bioswitch, Cambridge, computer, DNA, DNA switch, flash memory, germ, getinvolved, Jerome Bonnet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Palo Alto, Stanford University, Timothy Lu, topstories, transcriptor, transistor

Out-of-this-world atmospheres

By Stephen Ornes / March 29, 2013

This illustration depicts the planet HR 8799c (foreground) orbiting its star. Two other planets in the system can also be seen in the drawing.
Credit: Image courtesy of Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics; Mediafarm

Light from a distant, giant world offers clues to the gases in its atmosphere

Posted in Space | Tagged astronomy, atmosphere, Ben Oppenheimer, Earth, exoplanets, getinvolved, HR 8799, infrared, Jonathan Fortney, light, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Neptune, planets, Quinn Konopacky, radiation, Santa Cruz, Saturn, Smithsonian Institution, space, spectral lines, spectrometry, topstories, University of California, University of Toronto

Teens win big for their research

By Meghan Rosen / March 13, 2013

Jonah Kallenbach (left) and Adam Joseph Bowman (right) join first place winner Sara Volz, to round out the top three places in the competition. Credit: Chris Ayers Photography/SSP

2013 Intel Science Talent Search awards teens for science projects

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged Adam Joseph Bowman, Akshay Padmanabha, Alexa Danzler, algae, algorithm, Ambler, biofuels, biopsy, breast cancer, Brentwood, Brittany Wenger, California, Cheyenne Mountain High School, College Station, Collierville, Colorado, Colorado Springs, D.C., Drug, Elizabeth Marincola, Eugene, fiber optics, Florida, fuel cells, fusion categories, getinvolved, Glenn T. Seaborg award, Hannah Kerner Larson, herbicide, hydrogen, Indiana, Intel Corp, Intel Science Talent Search, Jane Shaw, Jonah Kallenbach, Kensen Shi, Lipids, Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Munster, National Building Museum, National Geographic Society, Nobel prize, Oregon, Palo Alto, Pennsylvania, Peter Kraft, plasma, protein, Rockville, Rubik’s Cube, Sahana Vasudevan, Samuel Zbarsky, Sara Volz, Sarasota, Science News, seizures, selection, Society for Science & the Public, SSP, STS, Tennessee, Texas, topstories, Washington

Airports that speed germs’ spread

By Stephen Ornes / August 13, 2012

A computer simulation of a disease outbreak shows that airports like those in New York City and Los Angeles would help spread germs. Credit: Christos Nicolaides/MIT

Scientists identify which U.S airports are able to spread disease most effectively

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged airports, disease, epidemic, epidemiology, germs, getinvolved, Honolulu, infections, Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, New York, Ruben Juanes, swine flu, vaccination