August 11, 2015

The Manifold Attractions of DNA Origami

Origami is a craft that transforms the simplest materials into intricate works of art. Precise folds and careful planning draw fantastic creatures from an otherwise unremarkable sheet of paper: cranes, dragons, lilies, and…scaffolds for complex nanomachinery? Through careful engineering and clever implementation of standard molecular techniques, scientists have found a way to fold long DNA

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