News tagged with dna nanostructure
DNA as invisible ink can reversibly hide patterns
(PhysOrg.com) -- While most people know of DNA as the building blocks of life, these large molecules also have potential applications in areas such as biosensing, nanoparticle assembly, and building supramolecular ...
With chemical modification, stable RNA nanoparticles go 3-D
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, RNA has seemed an elusive tool in nanotechnology research -- easily manipulated into a variety of structures, yet susceptible to quick destruction when confronted with a commonly ...
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Jan 19, 2011 |
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DNA could be backbone of next generation logic chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a single day, a solitary grad student at a lab bench can produce more simple logic circuits than the world's entire output of silicon chips in a month.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 11, 2010 |
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Scientists Build Nanostructures out of Single DNA Strands
(PhysOrg.com) -- With its unique double-helical structure, DNA has the ability to be used as a programmable building material to construct designer nanoscale architectures. Complex DNA architectures could ...
Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology announced a scientific advancement that could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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DNA molecules can detect pathogens, deliver drugs
(PhysOrg.com) -- First, Cornell researchers created DNA "bar codes" -- strands of the genetic material that quickly identify the presence of different molecules by fluorescing. Now, they have created new DNA ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 20, 2009 |
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The gold standard: researchers use nanoparticles to make 3-D DNA nanotubes
Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 01, 2009 |
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