Walker (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Walker

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Through a process known as strand displacement, a tiny walking device composed of DNA moves across a surface in a cartwheeling motion. The new device performed this feat more rapidly than any DNA walker designed to date.

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<em>Nature Nanotechnology</em>/Nils Walter

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