helical
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The concrete ring was built by the US Air Force in the early 1960s and supported a steerable helical transmitter that could detect activity from thousands of miles away, the trust said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It sits not on a foundation but on helical piers screwed into the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Instead, hydrogen moves preferentially along well-defined helical pathways embedded within an ordered carbon structure."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
Using this approach, the team carved tiny helical structures from a topological magnetic crystal made of cobalt, tin, and sulfur, with the chemical formula Co3Sn2S2.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026
Maurice had no suspicion that almost immediately I would get the X-ray pattern needed to prove that TMV was helical.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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