(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 ...

Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have uncovered a missing link in scientists' understanding of the physical forces that give DNA its famous double helix shape.

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 ...

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, new research finds. By revealing the hidden ...

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 ...

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 ...

Harvard researchers recently discovered a new shape—the hemihelix—which can ... The hemihelix, they said, is special form of helix that frequently reverses the direction in which it spirals.