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World's Smallest Wedding Rings Made of DNA

Posted by samzenpus on from the GCAT-grade-stone dept.

fangmcgee writes "Nerd love alert: German researchers have just created the world's smallest wedding rings, measuring less than a thousandth of the width of a human hair. Goethe University professor Alexander Heckel and his doctoral student Thorsten Schmidt made the artificial structures from two interlocking loops of DNA — known as catenane — in a single drop of water."

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  1. But will she still be angry by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you accidentally drop it down the sink later?

  2. Great way to impress your girlfriend! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, I bought you the "World's Smallest Wedding Ring Made of DNA" . . . um, do you like it . . .?

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    1. Re:Great way to impress your girlfriend! by rtaylor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Response: "Your DNA is what got us into this in the first place!"

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  3. Just created? by ibpooks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Umm...married people have been exchanging DNA for a very long time.