Biocomputing is transitioning to deployment, shifting from research to real-world use in healthcare and industrial biotechnology. Key opportunities include DNA and RNA computing for data storage and ...

Most industries today are experiencing an unprecedented data deluge – and synthetic biology is no exception. Twenty years ago, a typical biological experiment generated 3-5 megabytes of information.

The human brain is a master of computation. It’s no wonder that from brain-inspired algorithms to neuromorphic chips, scientists are borrowing the brain’s playbook to give machines a boost. Yet the ...

Scientists and engineers at the Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society at the Biodesign Institute are applying interdisciplinary approaches to form cutting-edge solutions to problems in topics ...

In the original hit TV series Lost in Space, a human-like machine called Robot would execute commands only if they made sense. Otherwise, it would flail its arms and exclaim, “That does not compute!” ...

With newly awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the Keck School of Medicine of USC will seek to revolutionize the treatment of ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being and SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. The emergence of brain organoids and intelligent ...

Dr. Herbert asks what if our genome was far smarter than everyone previously believed? What if in the many DNA repeat elements lay the foundation for building a novel type of biocomputer? This ...

This article was taken from the March 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on ...

The warm, fuzzy predictability of Moore’s Law — which stipulates that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years — should hold true for another 15 or 20 years. At that point, chip ...