Pingie: HTTP:: 039 Origami 039 DNA Self Organizes onto Silicon Substrates

HTTP:: 039 Origami 039 DNA Self Organizes onto Silicon Substrates
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According to a new scientific paper published in the latest issue of the respected journal Nature Nanotechnology, it would appear that engineered DNA “origami” tends to self-organize, when placed on silicon substrates. The find could have major implications for the design of better circuits and more advanced computer processors, the BBC News informs. The new structures could, for instance, serve as a scaffolding for electrical components situated just six billionths of a meter away from each other. Leading computer experts believe that making the distance between these components smaller leads to ever smaller devices, and also to much faster computers. In addition, the six-nanometer standard would be approximately eight times smaller than existing technologies, which now revolve around 45 to 50 nanometers. The breakthrough with the new method will be that DNA itself will be used to store and handle data. Other investigations have already revealed that the organic acid i!
s able to do simple mathematical equations as well, when inside a test tube or in simple bacteria. But the new technique relies on manufacturing the needed shape of DNA from scratch, as was the case with the new triangles. In order for the anticipated progress in computing t...
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