World's smallest diode, developed by U. of Georgia and Ben-Gurion U.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Dr. Dubi and his student, Elinor Zerah-Harush, constructed a theoretical model of the DNA molecule inside the electric circuit to better understand the results of the experiment. 'The model allowed us to identify the source of the diode-like feature, which originates from breaking spatial symmetry inside the DNA molecule after coralyne is inserted.'