helix
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The condensate also displayed another unusual characteristic called a persistent spin helix.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
We transformed the Supreme Court’s “Nothing to see here” into an avowal of the freedom to marry under the Constitution’s double helix of liberty and equality for all.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Each double helix contains vast arrays of chemical subunits that function like the zeroes and ones in a computer program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
This time, however, Francis did not carry the ball and on subsequent days maintained that the evidence for a TMV helix was only so-so.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
His lab manipulated DNA molecules to make the tiny motor's turbine, which consisted of 30 double-stranded DNA helices engineered into an axle and three blades of about 72 base pair length.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2024
Collins: You’re talking about genetic determinism, which implies that we are helpless marionettes being controlled by strings made of double helices.
From Scientific American ● May 20, 2020
Their DNA strands stretch taut between nanite pillars, double helices analysed and transformed, cascading deviations along to the next wave of propagators.
From Nature ● Apr. 9, 2019
“But I think the most surprising observation was that the proteins were embedded among the RNA helices, penetrating into the interior of the ribosome like tentacles.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018
One million helices stacked side by side would fit in this letter: o.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The best designs were made of three helixes connected like sausage links by short strings of amino acids.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
For now, these protein helixes can’t convey genetic information that cells can read.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2016
But Mariana Medina-Sánchez, one of the researchers, cautioned that further research is needed to make sure the helixes aren’t harmful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2016
His sentences — if diagramed — would resemble etymological helixes, with thoughts on soccer twisted with strands of pop culture, literature, math and science.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2013
And there’s this pair of random dudes in front of the double helixes who look a little familiar.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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