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Researchers propose engineering biocomputability in living and material systems
Original: Engineering biocomputability in living and material systems
A new Nature article lays out how living cells and engineered materials could be designed to perform computations, merging biology with information processing. The piece surveys approaches to programming biological and material systems for computing tasks, a field that could reshape medicine, manufacturing and sensing. Readers are weighing the promise of biocomputers against the technical and ethical hurdles ahead.
Why now: The article's vision of computing built from living and engineered systems is sparking debate about the future of biotechnology.
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