Researchers working toward a low-cost DNA sequencing tool for medical diagnostics and other uses have proposed a microfluidic device that uses a single-walled carbon nanotube as a nanopore conduit to thread, or translocate, a single strand of DNA from one reservoir with electrolyte to another, analyzing and sequencing the DNA in the process.

Predrag Krstic and Sony Joseph performed atomistic molecular and fluid dynamics simulations using Kraken, the world’s fastest supercomputer managed by academia.