The first direct images of the DNA double helix have been taken using electron microscopy.
In a study published in the journal NanoLetters, Enzo di Fabrizio, head of the Nanostructures Department at the University of Genoa, and his team managed to take a picture of the structure which had previously only been observed indirectly using X-ray crystallography.
By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Liat Clark
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