helix
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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
Specifically, the cells develop double-strand breaks, a severe form of DNA damage in which both strands of the DNA double helix are cut.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
And accepting that joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy are the double helix of parental DNA takes time.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
And so it goes in “The Last Kings of Hollywood,” as the lives and ambitions of Messrs. Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg entwine around one another in a triple helix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
It seemed almost unbelievable that the DNA structure was solved, that the answer was incredibly exciting, and that our names would be associated with the double helix as Pauling’s was with the alpha helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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
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
If only she would learn some theory, she would understand how her supposed antihelical features arose from the minor distortions needed to pack regular helices into a crystalline lattice.
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
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing helix
"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapters 28–37
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