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Molecules reach consensus

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DNA molecules can be programmed to execute any dynamic process of chemical kinetics and can implement an algorithm for achieving consensus between multiple agents.

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Figure 1: DNA strand displacement.

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Shapiro, E., Ran, T. Molecules reach consensus. Nature Nanotech 8, 703–705 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.202

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