Scientists are making models for polymer macromolecules using magnets and DNA 'springs' that can be tuned for flexibility. Rice University researchers are using magnetic beads and DNA "springs" to ...

HOUSTON – (July 28, 2014) – Rice University researchers are using magnetic beads and DNA "springs" to create chains of varying flexibility that can be used as microscale models for polymer ...

A type of DNA computer that shows results through the motion of tiny beads could massively increase the parallel processing power of such machines. DNA computers take up less space than silicon-based ...

DNA's four chemical bases can encode vast quantities of data, and the strict pairing rules that govern the double helix offer a built-in mechanism for locking and unlocking messages at the molecular ...