amoebalike

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Flip open any neuroscience textbook and the depiction of a neuron will be roughly the same: a blobby, amoebalike cell body shooting out a long, thick strand.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

She was struck by her observation that macrophages, amoebalike cells in the immune system, had the most vaults of any human cells.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024

She also helps to create one of the work’s most striking images, pouring water onto a reflective surface to cast amoebalike forms behind her — while she sinks into the ground.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

The plan represents a fumbled essay in "blob architecture," a school of design that uses computer modeling to achieve amorphous, amoebalike buildings that defy conventional, right-angled geometry.

From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 6, 2014

As a result, the amoebalike contours of the exclusion zone in Ukraine and Belarus stretch out around the remnants of the defunct nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

From Scientific American • Apr. 29, 2011