Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Invisible Nano-Fibers

Checking in the mail. Found this interesting tidbit.

...researchers describe how they created surfaces that, seen with the eye, look as flat and transparent as a sheet of glass. But seen up close, the surfaces are actually carpeted with tiny fibers.


What's more, researchers found that the attracting surface does the same thing to coiled-up strands of DNA. When they put droplets of water containing DNA on the fibers, the strands uncoiled and hung suspended from the fibers like clotheslines.

Epstein said scientists could use the fibers as a platform to study how DNA interacts with other molecules. They could also use the spread-out DNA to build new nanostructures.


Now, to construct an army that sweats out onion scented perspiration, and unleash them upon my enemies. They will weep themselves into submission.

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