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Chemical 'waves' used to encode words as Morse code (chemistryworld.com)
33 points by crescit_eundo on Aug 7, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


> information transduction in chemical waves has never been shown before

I feel like transmission of action potentials along neural axons fits that description though? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential


> information transduction in chemical waves has never been shown before

I'm surprised they put that in there. Astrocytes use calcium waves for internal signaling, within processes and across the entire cell.





> The scientists managed to communicate using recognisable formats such as Morse code and nucleic acid sequences.

Sounds like a mating ritual. Do I hear wedding bells?


Seems to be a very low data rate


A hack needn't be effective to be a hack.


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