{"id":245339,"date":"2026-10-14T01:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T06:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-build-a-world-first-dna-computer-that-runs-without-continuous-power"},"modified":"2026-10-14T01:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T06:51:05","slug":"scientists-build-a-world-first-dna-computer-that-runs-without-continuous-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/scientists-build-a-world-first-dna-computer-that-runs-without-continuous-power","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Build a World-First DNA Computer That Runs Without Continuous Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-build-a-world-first-dna-computer-that-runs-without-continuous-power2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reusable for up to 25 different calculations, a DNA computer points toward possible uses in energy-efficient computing and long-term data storage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A DNA computer has added 10 and 3 in 30 seconds, using interacting strands in water instead of a silicon chip. Developed by researchers at Maynooth University (MU), the system can also multiply and divide without a continuous electricity supply.<\/p>\n<p>The work, published in <em><i>Nature<\/i><\/em>, presents a first-of-its-kind system described as one of the most complex and fastest molecular computers yet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reusable for up to 25 different calculations, a DNA computer points toward possible uses in energy-efficient computing and long-term data storage. A DNA computer has added 10 and 3 in 30 seconds, using interacting strands in water instead of a silicon chip. Developed by researchers at Maynooth University (MU), the system can also multiply and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}