Scientists Used DNA To Create World's Smallest Antenna Ever For an Unusual Reason

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[jacqi]

You’re a natural educator, Anton. Thank you for pursuing your calling.

[ilonachan]

I don't know a lot about proteins, but even I can tell this is gonna be revolutionary. Since protein folding is a hard problem to simulate, I assume lots of people thought the main breakthrough would come from using quantum computers for that. But what better way to find out what a protein does than to just... look at what it does!

[alexanderscheringphd]

I love this channel. Some of the best science communication on the internet.

[-jeff-]

I like how you can segue from the vastness of the cosmos to the microcosm of human DNA.

[skipstalforce]

Conspiracy theorist were saying this two years ago, even I thought they were crazy.

[kennyangel]

Thank you Anton for spreading all this information. You are truly a wonderful person.

[jayeasy]

DNA molecules can store up to 215 petabytes, or 215 million gigabytes, of data in a single doubled stranded molecule, making it one of the highest storage density mediums in the world.

That's mind blowing!

[anthonymedina]

This is an interesting topic. There’s a technique using optogenetics to manipulate neurons with various colors of light.

[MADSK_LLZ]

"Finally! I can start receiving signals from my energy crystals"

[BrianFedirko]

I think you're right, this can change everything, the key word being "dynamic". we've been able to "look" at the tiny world for a very long time now, but to watch it in motion is a very big factor in understanding things at this tiny level. Again Anton You Rock!

[themightypen]

Wouldn't it be weird if DNA was actually an antenna already and we are just now starting to clue in?

[mlpreiss]

Love the pic of the old school OTA network TV antenna shown for about 10 secs. My family had one of those when I was a kid.

[betteroffdead]

At time stamp 2.25 there is a small animation of a walking figure. BBC horizon covered this topic in huge depth a while back. The animation was superb. My memory on this topic is focused on the animation therein. However, this entire topic, presented here - is amazing. Well done Anton.

[johnpayne]

Nice post, Anton, but this time I am going to call out the hype of this work.
First, it’s an old technique: chromaphore oligonucleotides have been used in PCR assays for decade(s).
Second, while a novel application to protein dynamics with new and interesting results, protein fluorescence spectroscopy is even an older methodology (four decades).
The major limitation to this technique is to find a suitable analogue that binds to the protein but does not affect “native” behavior.
I would suggest taking a look a quantum spectroscopy - that method has greater potential to clearly define ultra-fast macromolecular dynamics.

[TGBurgerGaming]

A frightening example of the lack of safeguards in place to protect the definition of what life is and what defines it.

[BatEatsMoth]

The implications of this are truly frightening.

[aniksamiurrahman]

Hello wonderful Anton! Actually, we have a lot of methods already for monitoring protein dynamics - most prominently NMR, but also Deuterium exchange mass spectroscopy, 2D IR spectroscopy etc. The technique described in the paper actually falls among those techniques that go beyond Diffraction-limit.

[jemborg]

Thanks Anton, I hope you grow from strength to strength.

[caribbb]

Fellow Montrealer here.. just watching and learning from you. Thanks for all the great content you provide us with.

[shaundubai]

What could possibly go wrong? Momicron or antennacronitis?