spindle

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Once that initial stable attachment appears, alignment follows naturally through the geometry of the spindle and the behavior of microtubules.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

A new company was found, the fabrication truly European: spindle from the Czech Republic, cables and curved glass from Italy, capsules from France, the main structure from the Netherlands.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

The process of dividing the sister chromatids over the cells is guided by the interaction between the centromeres and structures known as spindle microtubules.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Hollister pulled a piece of twine from a spindle attached to his counter while Emily rearranged more magnetic words.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman