Guided by the work of Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953, a finding that gave rise to the modern field of molecular biology.

Although light can be used to detect unlabelled biomolecules, the approach cannot be used to detect single DNA molecules, as the interaction of light waves with the molecule is too weak. A team of ...

Franklin did not fail to grasp the structure of DNA. She was an equal contributor to solving it. Getting Franklin’s story right is crucial, because she has become a role model for women going ...