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Caltech Scientists Use DNA Tiles To Play Tic-Tac-Toe at the Nanoscale

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: An innovation at Caltech allows scientists to play a virtual "tic-tac-toe" game with individual strands of DNA, providing a new way to experiment with DNA sequencing and create custom patterns. According to ArsTechnica, the technique was dubbed "DNA Origami [paper; PDF]" by its creator Lulu Qian and is considered by Caltech fellows to be a "huge advancement" in the field of nanotechnology (manipulation of particles on a minute, atomic scale).

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  1. Got caught goofing off by drainbramage · · Score: 2

    Boss walks in to the lab "Hey, are you playing tic-tac-toe"?
    Intern "Uh, well, uh, no! I''m gene splicing. Yeah, that's the ticket!"

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    No brain, no pain.
  2. Hello by Frank+Burly · · Score: 2

    Would you like to play a game of Global Pandemic?