*Bits.Atoms.Neurons.Genes*
Micro_Gestures at the Edge of Invisibility will be an On/Off line space for MFA artists in the Visual Arts Department at UCSD to explore and present works at the edge of invisibility, at the edge of the digital and biological, at the edge of micro-robotics and nano-art, from in-virtu to in-vivo works and back.
Home arrow Recent Blog Posts arrow map of americas
map of americas PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 18 March 2006

A map of the Americas measuring just a few hundred nanometres across has been created out of meticulously folded strands of DNA, using a new technique for manipulating molecules dubbed "DNA origami".  The nanoscale map, which sketches out both North and South America at a staggering 200-trillionths of their actual size, aims to demonstrate the precision and complexity with which DNA can be manipulated using the approach. link

Comments

Only registered users can write comments.
Please login or register.

Powered by AkoComment 2.0!
 
< Prev   Next >
[ Back ]
(C) 2008 B.A.N.G. Lab
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.