Logic gates are the bricks and mortar of digital electronics, implementing a logical operation on one or more binary inputs to produce a single output. These operations are what make all computations ...

(Phys.org)—By force of habit we tend to assume computers are made of silicon, but there is actually no necessary connection between the machine and the material. All that an engineer needs to do to ...

Living cells make decisions based on information processing genetic programmes. Many of these programmes execute digital functions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. The capability to build synthetic digital systems in ...

DNA has been used as a building block to construct a series of complex logic circuits to perform nonarithmetic functions, including a multiplexer, demultiplexer, encoder and decoder. This is the first ...

DNA is a reliable biomolecule with which to build molecular computation systems. DNA logic circuits (diffusion-based) have shown good performance regarding scalability and correctness of computation.

Select between the Combination or Sequential circuit for analysis (Figure 16). Figure 16: Screen to select Combinational or Sequential Circuit Select the number of inputs (max of 3) and number of ...

Neuromorphic breakthrough: Nathan Ronceray (left) and Théo Emmerich at EPFL with their nanofluidic devices. (Courtesy: EPFL/Titouan Veuillet/CC BY SA 4.0) A memristor that uses changes in ion ...

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have created self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions. The work demonstrates that it is possible to create stable digital ...