For
example, completing the human genome could not have taken
place at all, much less years earlier than expected, without
Moore's Law of computing.
And now the second stage of what will be a biological and
medical revolution, "Proteomics", will be further driven by
advances in computing. But in a synergistic way, computing
may actually be driven by advances in biology which are making
it possible, as scientists learn more about DNA and other
organic molecules, to use them as the basis for certain types
of computing!
Other examples of "combination sciences" that synergistically
build on one another include:
- Materials science and computing. For instance: carbon
nanotubes, in some ways the results of our abilities to work
at the molecular level due to computing research, are far
stronger than steel and may lead to new materials with
exceptional qualities.
- Medicine, biology, and materials science. For example, the
use of transgenic goats to produce specialized "building
materials" such as large quantities of spider silk in their
milk, as is being done by Nexia Biotechnologies.
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