Today’s hard drives may be smaller, faster, cheaper and more capacious than their predecessors, but the need for ever-tinier components is making it difficult to keep improving them. Therein lies at least part of the motivation behind biocomputing — in which microscopic biological molecules are being recruited to play a role — and recently scientists have identified a fresh new possibility in this area. Specifically, researchers at the UK’s University of Leeds and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have found a new potential player: iron-eating bacteria.
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Iron-Eating Bacteria: Coming Soon to a Hard Drive Near You?
Posted by: Katherine Noyes May 15, 2012 05:00 AMToday’s hard drives may be smaller, faster, cheaper and more capacious than their predecessors, but the need for ever-tinier components is making it difficult to keep improving them. Therein lies at least part of the motivation behind biocomputing — in which microscopic biological molecules are being recruited to play a role — and recently scientists have identified a fresh new possibility in this area. Specifically, researchers at the UK’s University of Leeds and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have found a new potential player: iron-eating bacteria.