Scientists working at the University of Washington have successfully hacked into a computer using custom strands of DNA. This is the first time this feat has been achieved. This may seem like ...

From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong department: Scientists have now managed to write executable code into DNA that is theoretically capable of infecting the computer that reads it. It was only a ...

A full DNA computer is a step closer, thanks to a new technology that could store petabytes of data in DNA for thousands or even millions of years. The system can also process data, as demonstrated by ...