Programmed self-assembly of strands of nucleic acid has proved highly effective for creating a wide range of structures with desired shapes. A particularly successful implementation is DNA origami, in ...

Researchers working at the California Institute of Technology used DNA nanotechnology, also known as DNA origami, to "paint" Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece. DNA origami involves folding a single long ...

Molecular architects have developed a quartet of methods that could propel DNA nanotechnology into wider use. Together, the techniques offer a tool kit to mass-produce larger and more complex “DNA ...

LEGO, eat your heart out. Blocks of DNA have been programmed to automatically build themselves into nanoscopic structures. Eventually the DNA programmes will be sophisticated enough to churn out ...

Eight-year-old PDV Sahruda, from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, has shattered not one but two world records. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RECORD HOLDER, PDV SAHRUDA, SAYING: "I broke ...

(Nanowerk News) DNA is more than just a carrier for our genetic information; DNA is also an outstanding nanoscale building material, as researchers led by Ned Seeman discovered thirty years ago.

Self-replication and exponential growth are ubiquitous in nature but until recently there were few examples of artificial self-replication. Often replication is a templated process where a parent ...

Understanding the function of stochasticity in biological systems has been a long-standing challenge 1,2,3. Two main principles have been recognized. First, stochastic algorithms allow simpler genetic ...