Mechanical computing platforms could operate where it isn't possible to use silicon chips.

The invention of the computer is often articulated like a three-act play: the idea of the computer arrives, then there is the process of how to make the computer and, finally, there is the creation.

Published in Nature Communications, researchers from St. Olaf College and Syracuse University built a computer made entirely ...

It’s no secret that computers can smoke humans at chess. And now, as if to further mock our mere organic forms, scientists say they’ve created a computer made out of DNA that can play the board game — ...