Padawanbater2
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The image shows a single thread of double-stranded DNA suspended on a bed of nanoscopic silicon pillars. It was created by Enzo di Fabrizio and a team at Italys University of Genoa, which developed a new technique (an experimental breakthrough, they call it) for the purpose.
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The team published the details of this imaging technique in the journal Nanoletters. And the new system represents a significant step forward for nanobiology and all the fields connected to it, giving scientists a new way to understand DNA. Particularly when it comes to its structure the stuff beyond the double helix.
http://mashable.com/2012/11/29/what-dna-looks-like/