DNA Could Drive Next-Gen Logic Chips
DURHAM, N.C., May 13, 2010 — A Duke University engineer is using the unique properties of DNA, the double-helix carrier of all life’s information, to produce simple, next generation logic circuits inexpensively in almost limitless quantities. Chris Dwyer, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering, replaced silicon chips that typically serve as the platform for electric circuits, with customized snippets of DNA and other molecules that could literally...