Peter Cummings

  • Nanotechnologists take lessons from nature

    Nanotechnologists take lessons from nature

    The simple E. coli bacterium shown can compute 1,000 times faster than the most powerful computer chip, its memory density is 100 million times higher and it needs 100 millionth the power to operate. (Jenni Ohnstad / Vanderbilt University) It’s common knowledge that the perfect is the enemy of… Read More

    Apr. 28, 2011