Because microbes are always adapting to changes, they could revolutionize how we think of computers—and how computers think.

"Today's silicon technology has reached such levels of small-scale fabrication and of sheer complexity that it is almost impossible to produce computer chips that work correctly under all scenarios," ...

Scientists show how stem cells process DNA with speed and precision, revealing principles that could lead to programmable DNA ...

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in ...

Creating synthetic life could be easily within our grasp soon based on a comparison with the evolution of computer chips. Computer programming and gene synthesis appear to share little in common. But ...

This March, an eager crowd of 12,000 people filled a stadium in San Jose, California. “I hope you realize this is not a concert,” joked Jensen Huang, chief executive of chip-making company Nvidia in ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- It’s been more than a year since Congress passed the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which invests $52 billion in federal subsidies and another $24 billion in tax credits to ...

Biden issues an executive order restricting tech investments in China In a sign of growing strains between the world's two biggest powers, Biden has signed an executive order to block and regulate U.S ...

In a world where semiconductor designers can't keep up with the demand for their services, Hewlett-Packard researchers are working on letting computers design themselves. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Computer technology still lags far behind the abilities of the human brain, which has billions of neurons that help us simultaneously process a plethora of stimuli from our many senses. But Qualcomm ...

In years past, power-tuning your cars engine required experimenting with different combinations of jets, metering rods, power-valves, accelerator pumps, initial timing, total timing, and distributor ...