All DNA articles – Page 6
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ResearchDNA 'barcodes' used to track food
Milk has been successfully tracked as it is turned into cheese and yogurt in an advance that could fight food fraud
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OpinionIs junk DNA all garbage?
A brouhaha in biology shows that uncovering what we don’t know is more important than arguments about what we do, says Philip Ball
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Business
Novartis enhances its focus with eyecare deal
Swiss firm buys rights to wet AMD drug from Ophthotech for up to $1bn
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OpinionIt's life, but not as we know it
A living cell that uses artificial bases in its DNA heralds a profound development for chemistry, says Mark Peplow
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FeatureOn stranger nucleotides
Chemists have been making artificial DNA base pairs for 20 years. Josh Howgego investigates
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Opinion
DNA waves don't wash
Philip Ball asks why a spectacular claim seems to have been overlooked. Sometimes science doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to
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PodcastPhosphoric Acid
Lars Öhrström on phosphoric acid: Crucial for crops and DNA’s backbone, it’s the energy currency of the biological world
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NewsChad Mirkin named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year
This year’s prize has been awarded to US nanotechnologist Chad Mirkin for his work on spherical nucleic acids
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FeatureWhat does DNA do?
The more we learn about DNA, the less we seem to know, as Philip Ball discovers
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ResearchLego-like DNA bricks are child’s play
Scientists make 32 nucleotide bricks that can snap together to build huge numbers of three-dimensional shapes
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FeatureThe golden helix
The discovery of the importance and structure DNA was more than just Crick and Watson’s eureka moment. Mike Sutton untangles the tale of life’s molecular mysteries
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FeatureDNA motors on
With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success