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
Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 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
Electric current flowed more easily in one direction, and the effect could be reversed by changing the magnetization or switching the handedness of the helix.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2026
DNA replication requires many more proteins than just DNA polymerase to unfold the twisted double helix and to ensure that the genetic information is copied accurately.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
This is because the layers of helices stuck together are too big to be the building blocks of nanofibers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
“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
Lehn cited an example of two kinds of molecules, one of which forms double helices and the other forms triple helices.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 3, 2013
She gave no sign, however, of liking helices any better.
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
Profundities leap out from the business of an ordinary day in this experimental novel, told in helixes of text meant to immerse the reader in the protagonist’s thoughts.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
For now, these protein helixes can’t convey genetic information that cells can read.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2016
He bends thin strips of wood into arrangements that suggest waves, helixes, musical notation and basket-weaving gone wild.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2016
The currency of evolution is neither hunger nor pain, but rather copies of DNA helixes.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing helix
"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapters 28–37
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