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DNA Strands Modified Into Tiny Fiber-Optic Cables
holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports on the latest idea from researchers trying to make microcomputers use photons in place of electrons — to make optical interconnects from strands of DNA. Mixing DNA strands with the right dye molecule upgrades them into wires for light, like microscopic optical fibers, able to absorb photons at one end and transmit them to the other. One of the neat things about using DNA is it is the right scale to play nicely with existing and future chip lithography. Quoting: 'The result is similar to natural photonic wires found inside organisms like algae, where they are used to transport photons to parts of a cell where their energy can be tapped. In these wires, chromophores are lined up in chains to channel photons.'"
the question "how did life get started", which is vague and ill defined
Any proper "IDer" should be able to contest that claim..
And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul. Genesis 2:7
Just as one would be foolish to argue the manufacturing process of something they know little about (me speaking on the topic of CPUs, for instance, would be disastrous), it is foolish for humans to argue the origins of life which we have incomplete understanding of. The explanation that has been given in the Bible is the only one whose source is decidedly not human. If we choose to disregard that, then we're submitting ourselves to futility in answering an answered question.
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