The first photographic evidence of this shape was obtained in 1952, when scientist Rosalind Franklin used a process called X-ray diffraction to capture images of DNA molecules (Figure 5).

A crucial contribution. Rosalind Franklin made a crucial contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, but some would say she got a raw deal. Biographer Brenda Maddox called ...

A previously overlooked letter and a news article that was never published, both written in 1953, add to other lines of evidence showing Rosalind Franklin was an equal contributor — not a victim — in ...