Since 1869, scientists had known about DNA, but its structure remained elusive until 1953. Understanding its shape would help explain how the life-generating molecule worked.

During DNA replication, the classic double helix can temporarily rearrange into an alternative structure known as a DNA three-way junction (3WJ). These configurations form a well-defined central ...

In its structure, DNA contains a pattern for producing amino acids, proteins, lipids, sugars, and every other biomolecule an organism makes. The parts of a DNA molecule that have these ...

Scientists have used DNA's self-assembling properties to engineer intricate moiré superlattices at the nanometer ...

Scientists have twisted DNA into programmable nanostructures that form themselves — and could reshape future materials for light, sound, and electronics.

"The length and structure of a single DNA molecule, its specific base sequence, and its interactions with proteins must be observed by stretching it for detailed analysis." ...

Rosalind Franklin was a chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose data contributed to the discovery of DNA’s molecular structure. That data wasn’t stolen from her, newly uncovered evidence ...

Franklin, R. Notes for Colloquium on Molecular Structure, November 1951. Franklin Papers FRKN 3/2, Churchill College Cambridge, UK. Franklin, R. & Gosling, R. Joke death notice for the DNA helix ...