Self-sorting by color of hydrogel blocks (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Self-sorting by color of hydrogel blocks

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The hydrogel blocks were able to group themselves by color due to matching strands of DNA on their surface. This image was used in the press release, "Scientists use 'sticky' DNA to build organized structures of gel blocks."

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OIST

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