Gritty close-up of the old piezo stage: a nanopore chip epoxied at the tip of a rail above a black XYZ micro-positioning stage with red 3D-printed parts.
Physics

Can a Hole That Slides Read a Molecule?

Slide one thin membrane across another and the hole between them changes size while it works. We checked the geometry, the patent and the prior art against the hope that such a pore could one day read DNA.

Measurement

Nineteen Billion Ions a Second, Live on the Internet

A small company streams the current from its lab amplifier to anyone with a browser. We worked out what an electric current through a pore is made of, and what the stream's 200-micron hole can see.

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