"Guinness Record Broken: Scientists Tie World's Smallest Knot with 54 Atoms"

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"Guinness Record Broken: Scientists Tie World's Smallest Knot with 54 Atoms"
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Scientists have created the world's tightest molecular knot, a trefoil made of 54 atoms, which is 15 atoms smaller than the previous record. The accidental discovery, detailed in a study published in Nature Communications, has practical implications for understanding DNA and other naturally knotting molecules in the human body.

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