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For the first time, scientists have directly detected a crucial amino acid and a rich selection of organic molecules in the dusty atmosphere of a comet, further bolstering the hypothesis that these icy objects delivered some of life's ingredients to Earth
My earliest memories of the concept of nanotechnology conjure up images of manipulating single atoms to make new devices. DNA brings a priceless addition to this enterprise: self-assembly. DNA's regularity in base pairing rules makes it a feasible building material for self-assembling nanodevices, constructed by simply mixing together their components in the correct ratio.
An array of computational tools, a variety of assembly strategies, and the ability to make DNA functional by imbuing computational ability on the DNA or employing aptamers could make DNA a powerful tool for nanotechnology.
For the first time, scientists have directly detected a crucial amino acid and a rich selection of organic molecules in the dusty atmosphere of a comet, further bolstering the hypothesis that these icy objects delivered some of life's ingredients to Earth
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originally posted by: SLAYER69
... Am I the only one who sees that all we are doing is attempting to recreate that which "Nature/God/Universe" has already? Yet seem to not give credit to that which caused our existence?
If there is no creator, no programmer, no intelligent design then we should be fully humbled by Nature in it's ability to create, sustain and flourish by means and in fields we struggle to understand and replicate presently. ...
To sum it up...God is in the details.
originally posted by: SLAYER69
Hello
I'd like to share a few thoughts....
By now many of us are familiar with what DNA is or at least, what we are told it is and does. Also, many of us now live in a world where Nanotechnology is in the process of changing our reality from what it was just a couple of decades ago. Soon, the two fields will mesh and become almost indistinguishable as they compliment one another.
Many years ago when I first heard the phrase of Nanotech, I was enthralled with all the possibilities of micro machines, then later as I researched it's biological counterpart of things already functioning on that and smaller scales realized that for me the next logical step for Nanotech evolution is biological replication and not strictly "Manipulating matter into function bots"
To me DNA and its storing, transferring, recreating/replication, error correcting, and adaptations are the result of programming, who or what was the programmer? Seeding life to take hold, adapt, evolve and flourish seems to be the ultimate goal of life itself. We create more and more advanced computational devices in an attempt to recreate Intelligence albeit artificial, We engage in recreating or mimicking life on its smallest biological level through Nanotech.
Am I the only one who sees that all we are doing is attempting to recreate that which "Nature/God/Universe" has already? Yet seem to not give credit to that which caused our existence?
If there is no creator, no programmer, no intelligent design then we should be fully humbled by Nature in it's ability to create, sustain and flourish by means and in fields we struggle to understand and replicate presently. I feel that someday we too shall be able to seed the Galaxy. But not by "Micro bots" as envisioned by some Science Fiction writers or far seeing Scientist but rather by Biological Adaptable Replicating Amino Acids.
According to findings of Comets which are infused with Amino Acids it seems, that Someone or Some thing, may have already beaten us to the punch.
Building Blocks of Life Found in Comet's Atmosphere
For the first time, scientists have directly detected a crucial amino acid and a rich selection of organic molecules in the dusty atmosphere of a comet, further bolstering the hypothesis that these icy objects delivered some of life's ingredients to Earth
DNA Nobel Prize Winner Francis Crick Says our genes Were Planted Here By Aliens Directed Panspermia
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule composed of two chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all the other science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering.
Beyond Genetics: DNA in Nanotechnology
My earliest memories of the concept of nanotechnology conjure up images of manipulating single atoms to make new devices. DNA brings a priceless addition to this enterprise: self-assembly. DNA's regularity in base pairing rules makes it a feasible building material for self-assembling nanodevices, constructed by simply mixing together their components in the correct ratio.
An array of computational tools, a variety of assembly strategies, and the ability to make DNA functional by imbuing computational ability on the DNA or employing aptamers could make DNA a powerful tool for nanotechnology.
originally posted by: Noinden
a reply to: Raggedyman
Where did your deity come from, how did it evolve?
There is an insect called the Issus Coleoptratus that has biological mechanical gears that is uses to use its legs.
Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires' disease, whooping coughâthough the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all utilize the same molecular machinery to infect human cells.