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The scroll-like structure not only improves electrical conductivity and mechanical strength, but also changes how the material interacts with molecules.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

It would be easy to fill up on pancakes alone; the scroll-like dosas, wrapped in both wax paper and foil and tucked into pizza boxes, are excellent.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021

Ms. Choi’s scroll-like urban landscapes are not overtly political, but viewers who lived through the 2019 demonstrations will recognize details from them that are loaded with symbolism.

From New York Times • May 20, 2021

Next up for Hockney is a painting project inspired by the 11th century Bayeux Tapestry, a long, scroll-like 11th century embroidered linen cloth that depicts the Norman conquest and which has long fascinated the artist.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020

The inferior turbinated are spongy, scroll-like bones, which curve about within the nasal cavities so as to increase the surface of the air passages of the nose.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.