Still Waters Posted December 1, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Fifty-nine years after James Watson and Francis Crick deduced the double-helix structure of DNA, a scientist has captured the first direct photograph of the twisted ladder that props up life. Enzo Di Fabrizio, a physics professor at Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy, snapped the picture using an electron microscope. http://www.msnbc.msn...e/#.ULpuG2dqMRs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted December 1, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 1, 2012 was imagining something cooler i am thoroughly disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSquirrel Posted December 1, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I'm on the other end of the spectrum... I'm amazed! But I do dig what could be disappointing with the image, after all the models and artist renditions done. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted December 1, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Looks spongey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted December 1, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 1, 2012 i was expecting something different too, but it's an incredible step forward ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted December 1, 2012 #6 Share Posted December 1, 2012 "But Di Fabrizio and his colleagues developed a plan to bring DNA out of hiding. They built a nanoscopic landscape of extremely water-repellant silicon pillars. When they added a solution that contained strands of DNA into this scene, the water quickly evaporated and left behind cords of bare DNA that stretched like tightropes between the tiny mesas" Cool enough for me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted December 2, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Looks so much like a frequency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancelikestate Posted December 2, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 2, 2012 ya not quite how i imagined it, but really cool nonetheless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted December 2, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It is sort of disappointing, after all of those intricate models built. But still, great to have it captured and see how it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcos anthony toledo Posted December 2, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I was a bit disapointed by the photo but this the first time this has been done and I am looking forward to improvements to image of DNA in the future photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted December 2, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 2, 2012 "But Di Fabrizio and his colleagues developed a plan to bring DNA out of hiding. They built a nanoscopic landscape of extremely water-repellant silicon pillars. When they added a solution that contained strands of DNA into this scene, the water quickly evaporated and left behind cords of bare DNA that stretched like tightropes between the tiny mesas" Cool enough for me! That is incredibly brilliant. Here is a close-up of the close-up...it doesn't show anything more really...but it's bigger and bigger is better I think with some things like inconceivably small things like DNA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopmo Posted December 3, 2012 #12 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Disapointed it wasn't pretty colour or anything fancy? wtf, It's because of comments like that, that the government thinks making ciggerettes plain packaged will stop people from smoking. TBH It's a Infrared photo done with nanotechnology, be appreciative they even revealed that they had anything at all let alone a picture. Top work Science world. cheers to ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad hoc Posted December 3, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) wait, how is this the first time? I'm amazed that with all the work that has been done sequencing and studying genes in intricate detail that somehow no one ever took a few happy snaps with it. As electron microscope images of atomic structures go, I'm sure I've seen better... I'm guessing they couldn't really get the DNA into an ideal position. Or maybe all electron microscopes aren't created equal. I'm in the slightly disappointed camp, seeing as it's mostly just pixel noise... but er... well done chaps. Edited December 3, 2012 by ad hoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ufonuts Posted December 3, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Wait a second... I photographed DNA years ago, well that is, if it stands for "Dirty Naked Allison" ?? Maybe Diseased Nude Aliens? Dog Nosed Adults? Dorky Nerdy Agrophobes? Demonic Nosy Angels? Dusty Nylon Apples? Dark Nutty Acorns? Disorder Nut Affliction? Edited December 3, 2012 by ufonuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ufonuts Posted December 3, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) wait, how is this the first time? I'm amazed that with all the work that has been done sequencing and studying genes in intricate detail that somehow no one ever took a few happy snaps with it. As electron microscope images of atomic structures go, I'm sure I've seen better... I'm guessing they couldn't really get the DNA into an ideal position. Or maybe all electron microscopes aren't created equal. I'm in the slightly disappointed camp, seeing as it's mostly just pixel noise... but er... well done chaps. Edited December 3, 2012 by ufonuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted December 3, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 3, 2012 That it's mind blowing to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted December 3, 2012 #17 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted December 3, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 3, 2012 What is disappointing to me is how many people honestly believe that the first ever photographs of something never even before seen should be crystal clear like on their HD TVs. Wow. Talk about being disconnected from reality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash87 Posted December 3, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 3, 2012 what will they do next a red laser pen thats beam tastes like strawberrys, a watch that can stretch with a oled flat screen that can be a belt,headband,hat,also checks the sweat for blood sugar for diabeties and even syncs to your iphone for hearbead+bp , or just something simple like a chewing gum that has your medicines all combined with the gum chew for 5 mins and your done no more swallowing pills and did i say it tastes like strawberrys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted December 3, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Cool. It will only get better. Like many I hD no idea it hadn't been ohotographed before either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt_ie Posted December 4, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 4, 2012 This is amazing, I don't understand how people can be disappointed. To me this is totally fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aryannatimothy Posted December 6, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Still amzes me..looks like "alien". Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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