helix
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With gowned mannequins hung in all directions, and silvery galaxies shimmering here and there, we seem to have left the double helix for the double staircases of the Ziegfeld Follies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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
And accepting that joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy are the double helix of parental DNA takes time.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
You can look at friendship as a journey that is like a double helix: Sometimes you and a friend will be in sync financially or emotionally, and other times you’ll be out of alignment.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
DNA is a double helix, the two intertwined strands resembling a “spiral” staircase.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Double-stranded DNA helices are great for storing genetic information.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 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
“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
For one thing, it draws a brilliant, eclectic crowd: I met a linguist turned classical musician, a minimalist sculptor fascinated by helices and a Jungian writer at work on a dystopian novel.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
For over a week I pored over electron micrographs of muscle and collagen fibers, looking for hints of helices.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
The best designs were made of three helixes connected like sausage links by short strings of amino acids.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
Grant Green’s guitar style is one of jazz’s simple pleasures: stout and crisp; articulated in strong, single-note lines or little spinning helixes of harmony.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018
For now, these protein helixes can’t convey genetic information that cells can read.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2016
These tiny helixes can be propelled using a rotating magnetic current and controlled using a joystick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2016
All of the papers fold themselves into elaborate shapes: pyramids and helixes and paper birds with rustling wings.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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