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DNA computing
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<p>DNA computing is an emerging branch of <a href="/facts/Unconventional_computing/XkJjTK0a">unconventional computing</a> which uses <a href="/facts/DNA/nB89Iauz">DNA</a>, <a href="/facts/Biochemistry/fa2pWEBp">biochemistry</a>, and <a href="/facts/Molecular_biology/YgqU35ub">molecular biology</a> hardware, instead of the traditional <a href="/facts/Electronic_computing/SQe1aK05">electronic computing</a>. Research and development in this area concerns theory, experiments, and applications of DNA computing. Although the field originally started with the demonstration of a computing application by <a href="/facts/Leonard_Adleman/uSGnztdj">Len Adleman</a> in 1994, it has now been expanded to several other avenues such as the development of storage technologies, nanoscale imaging modalities, synthetic controllers and reaction networks, etc. </p>