filament

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Now researchers using an airplane-borne telescope high in Earth's atmosphere have found a mechanism for how magnetic fields shape star birth in the dense filaments, or “bones,” that wind their way through these arms.

From Scientific American

For example, tangled filaments naturally occur in everything from gnarled root networks to tightly wound DNA strands.

From Scientific American

The counterclockwise-spinning low is entraining a filament of rich air from the Central Pacific thousands of miles to the southwest.

From Washington Post

They used polylactic acid, a common plastic filament material in 3D printing that’s also used to make electronic devices, as the hand’s main fabric.

From Washington Post

Other items were also treasured legacies of Cambodia’s past: belts and necklaces woven from fine gold filaments, or body ornaments shaped into rosettes and scrolling vines.

From New York Times