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Is There Nothing E. Coli Cannot Do? (Redux)

By Carl Zimmer | July 24, 2009 2:13 pm

Scientists tinker with my favorite bug  so that it can solve mathematical puzzles.

CATEGORIZED UNDER: Microcosm: The Book, Synthetic Biology

Comments (3)

  1. Romeo Vitelli

    Do you charge it or feed it?

    July 24, 2009 at 8:43 pm
  2. Captain Skellett

    What weird maths they do. Whoever heard of the burnt pancake problem?

    July 24, 2009 at 11:07 pm
  3. Carl Zimmer

    Captain S: Check it out–http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/21/is-there-nothing-e-coli-cannot-do-part-three-of-a-continuing-series/

    July 24, 2009 at 11:10 pm
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