The widespread use of molecular machines in biology has long suggested that great
rewards could come from bridging the gap between synthetic molecular systems and the …

Bioinspired out-of-equilibrium systems will set the scene for the next generation of molecular
materials with active, adaptive, autonomous, emergent and intelligent behavior. Indeed life …

DNA is one of the most fascinating biopolymers. Besides its central role as carrier of genetic
information and translation of the genetic code into proteins, DNA holds great promise as a …

The impressive capabilities of the mammalian brain—ranging from perception, pattern
recognition and memory formation to decision making and motor activity control—have …

Molecular devices with information-processing capabilities hold great promise for
developing intelligent nanorobotics. Here we demonstrate a DNA navigator system that can …

Artificial biochemical circuits are likely to play as large a role in biological engineering as
electrical circuits have played in the engineering of electromechanical devices. Toward that …

Cell-free protein synthesis is becoming a powerful technique to construct and to study
complex informational processes in vitro. Engineering synthetic gene circuits in a test tube …

In biology, nucleic acids are carriers of molecular information: DNA's base sequence stores
and imparts genetic instructions, while RNA's sequence plays the role of a messenger and a …

The task of information processing, or computation, can be performed by natural and man-
made'devices'. Man-made computers are made from silicon chips, whereas …

The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …