Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world’s first electric nanomotors made of DNA. The self-assembling structures can be activated by an electric charge to spin ...

Red arrows indicate the nuclear spin axes at the positions of the N3 nitrogen atoms on the guanine (G) bases. Due to the helical structure of DNA, there is an angular deviation in the orientation of ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving electrical measurement precision and enabling detection of subtle structural changes ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

One of the biggest helpers in our bodies' ongoing efforts to prevent DNA mutations--mutations that can lead to cancer--is actually rather tiny. Electrons, as it turns out, can signal proteins that ...

"Apart from being a multi-billion dollar a year market, DNA sequencing is one avenue where incremental improvements in research, like discovery of a new gene, for example, can have immediate clinical ...

Rapid, sequence-specific DNA detection is essential for applications in medical diagnostics and genetic screening. Electrical biosensors that use immobilized nucleic acids are especially promising in ...

Effective mRNA vaccines by Moderna and BioNTech have proven their worth against COVID-19, but shots using DNA to code for the vaccine antigen still haven’t reached the market. Now, researchers at ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

A recent study has found that the electricity produced by an electric eel’s discharge is strong enough to cause the transfer of genetic material from the environment into the cells of nearby animals.

New research finds a connection between a cancer mutation and electron-mediated DNA repair. One of the biggest helpers in our bodies' ongoing efforts to prevent DNA mutations -- mutations that can ...