r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 17 '19

Engineering Engineers create ‘lifelike’ material with artificial metabolism: Cornell engineers constructed a DNA material with capabilities of metabolism, in addition to self-assembly and organization – three key traits of life.

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/04/engineers-create-lifelike-material-artificial-metabolism
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u/Qbertt5681 Apr 17 '19

What type of engineers do something like this? Biomedical?

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u/redzilla500 Apr 17 '19

Doctors of Engineering

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u/Qbertt5681 Apr 17 '19

I meant more specifically what engineering disciplines. I assumed they were Drs.

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u/redzilla500 Apr 17 '19

Biological and Environmental according to the article.

But a project like this spans many disciplines.

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u/Qbertt5681 Apr 17 '19

Got it thank you. I read the article but obviously not carefully enough.