The scientists who discovered DNA was a double helix did so by x-raying it. How can one x-ray something so small and see it?

sequoianoir

By the same principle that a microscope works - MAGNIFICATION ! Jun 28 03, 7:40 AM

Trzmanian

It is not as simple as Magnification. The real process used was X-ray diffraction which is a scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal that produces an interference effect so that the diffraction pattern gives information on the structure of the crystal or the identity of a crystalline substance. Mar 20 06, 7:24 PM

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