Forget dye packs. Banks and police agencies are trying out some interesting new DNA-based devices. You know DNA makes proteins. It tells living things how to tick. It carries blue eyes and an early receding hairline from father to son (Sorry, son!). But beyond what it does biologically, it's also just a carrier for information--a barcode, but one that can barely be seen even under advanced microscopes. Now, a few different companies are making devices that use DNA in that way, as an invisible ba...
Forget dye packs. Banks and police agencies are trying out some interesting new DNA-based devices. You know DNA makes proteins. It tells living things how to tick. It carries blue eyes and an early receding hairline from father to son (Sorry, son!). But beyond what it does biologically, it's also just a carrier for information--a barcode, but one that can barely be seen even under advanced microscopes. Now, a few different companies are making devices that use DNA in that way, as an invisible ba...
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