Unlike traditional microscopes that use light or lenses, DNA microscopy creates images by calculating interactions among molecules, providing a new way to visualize genetic material in 3D.

This study shows that “one can use a very simple imaging device such as the mobile phone to record DNA sequencing reactions,” said coauthor Mats Nilsson of Stockholm University in Sweden. The ...

“To be able to see that kind of a view of nature from within a specimen is exhilarating.” Unlike traditional microscopes that use light or lenses, DNA microscopy creates images by calculating ...

By absorbing water, the gel increases up to 15 times ... 10 nanometers even with an older light microscope. "For comparison, our genetic material, DNA, has a diameter of around 2.5 nanometers ...