helical
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"Instead, hydrogen moves preferentially along well-defined helical pathways embedded within an ordered carbon structure."
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
At large scales, radio data reveal that the jet forms a helical pattern as it propagates through the galaxy.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
The tubes measure about 230 nm in diameter and are made of 5 to 6 right-handed helical fibers that twist together.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
In helical magnets, the directions of the atomic magnetic moments are ordered in a spiral.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024
Six weeks of listening to Francis had made me realize that the crux of the matter was whether Rosy’s new X-ray pictures would lend any support for a helical DNA structure.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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