![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106073938im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Caltech Scientists Create DNA Tubes With Programmable Sizes for Nanoscale Manufacturing
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August 29, 2008
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a simple process for mass producing molecular tubes of identical--and precisely programmable--circumferences. The technological feat may allow the use of the molecular tubes in a number of nanotechnology applications.
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