Physicists have built tiny instruments sensitive enough to detect single molecules of DNA, and the construction of these sensors generally follows a simple rule: the smaller the better. However, this rule might have a limit, a new study finds.
TINY CONCERN. Antibodies, depicted in green and blue, bunch up toward the free end of a nanosize cantilever instead of coating the sensor evenly.
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