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Switchable Net Woven from DNA

Posted by michael on from the weird-science dept.

virtualXTC writes "A team of US researchers have managed to make a woven DNA mesh that expands and contracts. By coating the net in silver they can make nano-wire lattice in which individual wires can be lengthened or shortened using a short snippet of ssDNA to create a nano-switch."

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  1. Re:First Post! by Squiffy · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess now they can say, "Every dark nucleotide has a silver lining."