DNA prefers to dive head first into nanopores
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 10:01
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—In the 1960s, Nobel laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes postulated that someday researchers could test his theories of polymer networks by observing single molecules. Researchers at Brown observed single molecules of DNA being drawn through nanopores by electrical current and figured out why they most often travel head first.