Whose Inspiration Was the DNA Double Helix? — Behind the Scenes of Science as Seen in Watson's 'The Double Helix'

DNA is a double helix.”This is a fact so famous that it now appears in middle and high school textbooks. However, when you learn the details of how this shape was discovered, you realize it is not a ...
Nanowerk

Thymine (T): A Key Building Block of DNA

In the double helix structure of DNA, thymine forms a base pair with adenine through two hydrogen bonds. This specific pairing is known as complementary base pairing and is essential for the stability ...
C&EN

Solving the structure of DNA

In the middle of the 20th century, accumulating data suggested that DNA carries life’s genetic information. Biochemists around the world raced to determine its structure. The competition led to some ...
The Conversation

Unravelling DNA’s structure: a landmark achievement whose authors were not fairly credited

Seventy years ago, two male scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson, proclaimed they had discovered the secret of life: the structure of DNA. Since then, history has acknowledged how Rosalind ...
The Scientist

Lego DNA: Building the Double Helix, Brick by Brick

From a young age, Daniel Khosravinia tinkered and built numerous LEGO models, from knights to the Star Wars Death Star. This sparked his interest in how things are built, and when he learned about the ...