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Home > News > RNA Could Form Building Blocks For Nanomachines

August 11th, 2004

RNA Could Form Building Blocks For Nanomachines

Abstract:
Microscopic scaffolding to house the tiny components of nanotech devices could be built from RNA, the same substance that shuttles messages around a cell's nucleus, reports a Purdue University research group. By encouraging ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules to self-assemble into 3-D shapes resembling spirals, triangles, rods and hairpins, the group has found what could be a method of constructing lattices on which to build complex microscopic machines.

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