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Biology as nanotechnology solutions to engineering problems Steven Chu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
An increasing number of physical scientists and engineers are beginning to devote considerable attention to biological problems. As more physical/mechanistic understandings of biological systems emerge, we are beginning to develop a deeper, quantitative understanding of how molecular biological systems work. With this understanding, we are beginning to appreciate the extraordinarily clever ways living systems have chosen to solve can be though of as essentially engineering problems. I will present examples of the engineering problems and solutions that life has taken that allow us to hear music and make proteins. Finally, if time permits, I will discuss how nature might give us insights into how we might solve the challenge of realizing a sustainable, CO_2 neutral source of energy before out fossil fuel is depleted.
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Presented at the
International Congress of Nanotechnology, November 7-10, 2004
San Francisco, USA
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