Chemists do a double take on the double helix
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- When most people think of a double helix, they think of DNA structure a now familiar image thanks to Watson and Cricks landmark 1953 discovery of the double-stranded molecules of nucleic acids. Yet human fascination with the distinctive twisted ladder-shape stretches back through ancient history, says Utah State University chemist Alexander Ivanov.