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Now, researchers at Stanford report a major advance.

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By confirming that the genome's 3D structure plays a major role in gene activity, this research helps link DNA organization to disease.

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While this was a major step forward, making the system useful for precise measurements required solving a major challenge shared by all lasers: noise.

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The research team constructed the first evolutionary tree for decapodiformes based on genome sequences from nearly all major lineages.

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Guiding the motion of DNA robots in a constantly shifting molecular environment is a major challenge.

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