![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509065446im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Unraveling the Physics of DNA's Double Helix
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July 12, 2007
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Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have uncovered a missing link in scientists' understanding of the physical forces that give DNA its famous double helix shape.
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Source Duke University
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