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In a study published in Nature Electronics, a Harvard-led team reports a silicon chip that synthesized 64 distinct DNA sequences on its surface in parallel – not by using the solvent-heavy chemistry that dominates custom DNA manufacturing today, but through a water-based enzymatic process. -- Nature Electronics

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Tricorder Tech: A Schematic Of Core Steps In The Enzymatic Synthesis Platform

by Keith CowingJune 22, 2026June 21, 2026

Editor’s note: If you are on a long term mission or on an away team on another world, you might want your tricorder to be able to do some quick […]