In Britain, the Glastonbury Canal is believed to be the first post-Roman canal and was built in the middle of the 10th century to link the River Brue at Northover with Glastonbury Abbey, a distance of about 1.75 kilometres (1,900 yd).
A. Yes, but not in detail. âMany scientists use electron, scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes to view individual DNA molecules,â said Michael W. Davidson, curator of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.
New techniques are allowing the imaging of DNA with conventional optical microscopes as well, he said, but they are in their infancy. Chromosomes, the spiraling strands of DNA that package the series of chemical bits called genes, are easily visible through a strong enough microscope if the right stain is used. In fact, the development in the 19th century of aniline dyes that make the chromosomes stand out led to their discovery.