Wednesday 23 October 2013

Carbon Computers

All life forms on the earth are Carbon based. And speculations have been abundant about the possibility of silicon based life.

Meanwhile, all computers are based on silicon. And attempts have been made to create carbon based computers. And now scientists have made a breakthrough.

Computers based on carbon nanotubes are indeed possible, says researchers from Stanford university. Read the paper in the September issue of Nature.

Nature 501, 526–530 (26 September 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12502

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