Subatomic particles could be precisely tracked with DNA-based detector (edited)

A proposed particle detector comprises strands of hanging DNA which might be severed when high-energy particles go by – and it might permit us to trace particle paths with nanoscale precision

By Alex Wilkins

A detector consisting of a forest of DNA strands might observe how subatomic particles transfer extra exactly than present gadgets.

Present state-of-the-art particle detectors can sense the mass of particles with extremely excessive precision, however monitoring the paths of particles by a detector isn’t at all times straightforward.

Ciaran O’Hare on the College of Sydney, Australia, and his colleagues assume a DNA-based model might assist. The thought, first proposed by a unique group in 2012, guarantees to permit researchers to trace …