Enzymes power molecular logic
by
Nicola Wise, RSC
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last modified
03-12-10 02:24 AM
Copyright 2010, RSC
A self-powered biomolecular security system has been developed by US scientists. This could be used to encrypt financial, military, or other confidential information.
Recent developments in the field of biocomputing have led to biomolecular systems that use chemical information to mimic digital electronics. Now Evgeny Katz and his team at Clarkson University, Potsdam, has taken the research a step further to make a keypad lock that powers itself using a biofuel cell. More...http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemTech/Volume/2010/04/enzymes_power.asp
