Controlling gene activity is important for engineering plants for improved bioenergy crops and other applications. This research developed synthetic genes that use Boolean logic gates to achieve ...

News & Views Published: 05 January 2011 Molecular computing DNA as a logic operator Thomas Carell Nature 469, 45–46 (2011) Cite this article ...

And now, Boolean logic is ingrained in almost every computer language. When you use a modern search engine, Boolean logic is used to filter the results to show you only the words you included in ...

Boolean algebra, and other forms of abstract propositional logic, are based on dealing with compound propositions made up of simple propositions joined by logical connectors like "and", "or", and ...

The Boolean logic gates AND, OR and NOT comprise transistors, which are on/off switches wired together. Gates have one or two inputs but only one output, and they are wired in patterns that make ...

Mathematician George Boole died 150 years ago. Boolean logic, the system he invented, is still used in modern computer programming, writes Chris Stokel-Walker. Boole walked two miles to the ...