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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, Offtopic

    Sorry that joke totally sucked. It was the best I could come up with in a few seconds. Uh... here's a better one, I think:

    This gives new meaning to the word geNETic!

    Or how about: Let's call it "xednapS"! (xeDNApS, which is SpANDex backward? Get it? Har, har!)