In the study, the researchers used design software to draw complex shapes in 3D, such as a bottle, a bunny, and a waving humanoid. Then, they used their specially tailored computer algorithms to ...

Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic ...

(Nanowerk News) For the past few decades, scientists have been inspired by the blueprint of life, DNA, as the shape of things to come for nanotechnology. This burgeoning field is called DNA origami.

DNA origami has been around since the 1980s. The first 3D shapes employed block design principles on DNA to create cubes, pyramids, and soccer balls.

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1268 Just as the name suggests, DNA origami is a fabrication technique wherein researchers fold DNA strands to create precisely shaped 2- and 3-dimensional nanostructures.

In traditional DNA origami, a two-dimensional shape is first conceptualized and drawn. This polygonal outline is then filled in using short segments of double-stranded DNA, arranged in parallel. These ...

By Michael Irving April 23, 2018 Australian scientists have discovered a new DNA structure – a twisted knot known as an i-motif – inside living cells for the first time Chris Hammang View 1 Images ...

DNA is widely accepted to be formed of two strands that wind around one another, known as a double helix, but it is possible for DNA to change shape and structure. The new study, published in ...

Spaghetti-like, DNA 'noodle origami' the new shape of things to come for nanotechnology May one day revolutionize medicine by making and delivering drugs inside cells Date: December 14, 2017 ...

For the past few decades, scientists have been inspired by the blueprint of life, DNA, as the shape of things to come for nanotechnology. This burgeoning field is called DNA origami. Scientist ...