ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
3D illustration of a yellow DNA polymerase binding to a blue strand of DNA.
DNA Polymerase Works in Short Bursts Rather than One Long Stretch
The enzyme that copies and repairs DNA is more dynamic than originally thought.
DNA Polymerase Works in Short Bursts Rather than One Long Stretch
DNA Polymerase Works in Short Bursts Rather than One Long Stretch

The enzyme that copies and repairs DNA is more dynamic than originally thought.

The enzyme that copies and repairs DNA is more dynamic than originally thought.

optical tweezers

Twisted DNA Increases CRISPR Off-target Effects
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Feb 8, 2024 | 4 min read
Understanding how Cas9 binds off-target sequences can help researchers refine CRISPR-mediated genome editing.
Physics Nobel Goes to Laser Pioneers
Ashley Yeager | Oct 2, 2018 | 2 min read
Three researchers, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland, who worked on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification win the 2018 award.
Next Generation: World’s First Nano-ear
Megan Scudellari | Feb 10, 2012 | 2 min read
A new device can detect sounds a million times fainter than the hearing threshold of the human ear.
Optical Tweezers
Patricia Bassereau and Bruno Goud | Apr 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Institut Curie researchers Bruno Goud, a biologist, and Patricia Bassereau, a physicist, talk about their fruitful, decade-long collaboration exploring the physics of membrane trafficking in a Skype interview conducted by Associate Editor Richard P. Grant.
The Optical Trap
Don Monroe | Aug 28, 2005 | 8 min read
When Art Ashkin, Steve Chu, and their colleagues at Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ, first invented optical tweezers, they spent their days pushing around tiny, glass spheres.
Building a Better Optical Trap
Karen Heyman | Jun 19, 2005 | 8 min read
Shortly after the invention of the laser, Bell Labs physicist Arthur Ashkin began exploring the range of the new devices.
ADVERTISEMENT