The shape, described in the journal PLOS One, is rarely seen in nature – and could potentially prove useful for manipulating light on tiny scales. In a standard helix the spiral coils up and up ...

we are writing a helix.” Researchers conducted the study, published in the Soft Matter journal, to understand how certain shapes of synthetic self-propelled microswimmers affected motion and ...

Why Is The Helix Such A Popular Shape? Perhaps Because They Are Nature's Space Savers Date: March 2, 2005 Source: University Of Pennsylvania Summary: Something about nature loves a helix, the ...

(The purple is also a computer sim DNA doesn't just coil in the iconic double helix immortalized in every high school biology textbook. It also loops into a menagerie of fantastical shapes ...

The researchers found that the terminus, which extends about a tenth of the way down the flagellum, contains a helix-shape cell structure that winds in a left-handed spiral. (Related: "Human Sperm ...

Researchers have imaged in unprecedented detail the three-dimensional structure of supercoiled DNA, revealing that its shape is much more dynamic than the well-known double helix. Various DNA ...

Magnetic forces at the center of the galaxy have twisted a nebula into the shape of DNA, a new study reveals. The double helix shape is commonly seen inside living organisms, but this is the first ...

When most of us think of DNA, we think of that iconic double helix shape. But when you zoom out, DNA gets a lot more complicated. "When Watson and Crick described the DNA double helix, they were ...

Magnetic forces at the center of the galaxy have twisted a nebula into the shape of DNA, a new study reveals. The double helix shape is commonly seen inside living organisms, but this is the first ...

But researchers agree Franklin's work was critical for helping unravel DNA's double helix shape — no matter how the story unfolded. "How should she be remembered?" asked Markel. "As a great ...

PHILADELPHIA – Something about nature loves a helix, the ubiquitous spiral shape taken on by DNA and many other molecules found in the cells of living creatures. The shape is so useful that ...