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Published online 26 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030922-13

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Switchable net woven from DNA

Nano-pistons expand and contract molecular mesh.

US researchers have woven DNA into a net that expands and contracts1. It could be used as a nano-filter or in biological sensors.

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