Helix
noun
A shape that curves or winds around like a spring or spiral.
The strands of DNA molecule form a double helix structure.
Often appears as...
- double helix
- helix structure
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noun
Part of the outer ear that is curved and folds outwards.
She got a piercing on the helix of her ear.
Often appears as...
- helix piercing
- outer helix
noun
A genus of land snails.
Helix pomatia, commonly known as the Roman snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail.
Often appears as...
- helix pomatia
- helix aspersa
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noun
A shape that curves or winds around like a spring or spiral.
The strands of DNA molecule form a double helix structure.
Often appears as...
- double helix
- helix structure
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Part of the outer ear that is curved and folds outwards.
She got a piercing on the helix of her ear.
Often appears as...
- helix piercing
- outer helix
noun
A genus of land snails.
Helix pomatia, commonly known as the Roman snail, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail.
Often appears as...
- helix pomatia
- helix aspersa
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Usage
Used often in scientific contexts, especially biology and engineering.
Researchers modeled the protein in a helix form for clarity.
Pro Tip 2/3Geometric Shape
Represents a three-dimensional curved shape, like a spring or staircase.
The architect designed a helix staircase for the building's lobby.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Invokes a visual spiral image, often used in creative and descriptive writing.
The vine grew in a tight helix around the old tree trunk.
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Usage
Used often in scientific contexts, especially biology and engineering.
Researchers modeled the protein in a helix form for clarity.
Pro Tip 2/3Geometric Shape
Represents a three-dimensional curved shape, like a spring or staircase.
The architect designed a helix staircase for the building's lobby.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Invokes a visual spiral image, often used in creative and descriptive writing.
The vine grew in a tight helix around the old tree trunk.
Pro Tip 1/3Scientific Usage
Used often in scientific contexts, especially biology and engineering.
Researchers modeled the protein in a helix form for clarity.
Pro Tip 2/3Geometric Shape
Represents a three-dimensional curved shape, like a spring or staircase.
The architect designed a helix staircase for the building's lobby.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Invokes a visual spiral image, often used in creative and descriptive writing.
The vine grew in a tight helix around the old tree trunk.
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Art of the Matter PIPE Nat...
to the tree of life and also to the DNA, the helix, that shows our evolution and how we connect to nature on, sort of, an inherent cellular level. And that we are in balance with a much larger system, if we choose to be. And this particular image, I actually created as part of this same series. You will notice the same colors,
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Welcome to the genomic...
chromosome men have the X and of course that small copy of the Y sorry boys but it's just a tiny little thing that makes you different so if you zoom in on this genome then what you see of course is this double helix structure the code 'life spelled out with these four bio chemical letters or we call them bases
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How video game skills...
and I've even written a book about the industry. But most importantly, I've discovered I'm not alone, because as I've grown up, so has gaming. And today, millions of players around the world need to compete in gaming centers like this helix, and large gaming tournaments,
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Drew Berry: Animations...
I was very much inspired by this image many years ago, and I wondered whether we could use computer graphics to represent the molecular world. What would it look like? And that's how I really began. So let's begin. This is DNA in its classic double helix form.
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How design can help make...
carrying a huge bedazzled B on Kure poster of rosalind Franklin the scientists who had made crucial contributions to the understanding of DNA's double helix structure it was the same poster that I brought with me to the March she told me that she was
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Barry Schuler: An...
first decoded this beautiful double helix that we know as the DNA molecule -- very long, complicated molecule -- we then started on this journey to understand that inside of that DNA is a language that determines the characteristics, our traits,
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Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century, in human history, in fact. The now-famous double helix is almost synonymous with Watson and Crick,
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How CRISPR lets us edit...
like a pair of scissors that can cut DNA -- it makes a double-stranded break in the DNA helix. And importantly, this complex is programmable, so it can be programmed to recognize particular DNA sequences,
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John Hardy: My green...
The yellow box was called the administration complex. We squashed it, we rethought it, but mainly we renamed it "the heart of school," and that changed everything forever. It's a double helix.
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What happens when your...
Sometimes, it causes two adjacent nucleotides to stick together, distorting the DNA's double helix shape. Damage like this requires a more complex process called nucleotide excision repair.
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Art of the Matter PIPE Nat...
to the tree of life and also to the DNA, the helix, that shows our evolution and how we connect to nature on, sort of, an inherent cellular level. And that we are in balance with a much larger system, if we choose to be. And this particular image, I actually created as part of this same series. You will notice the same colors,
Video examples
Welcome to the genomic...
chromosome men have the X and of course that small copy of the Y sorry boys but it's just a tiny little thing that makes you different so if you zoom in on this genome then what you see of course is this double helix structure the code 'life spelled out with these four bio chemical letters or we call them bases
Video examples
How video game skills...
and I've even written a book about the industry. But most importantly, I've discovered I'm not alone, because as I've grown up, so has gaming. And today, millions of players around the world need to compete in gaming centers like this helix, and large gaming tournaments,
Video examples
Drew Berry: Animations...
I was very much inspired by this image many years ago, and I wondered whether we could use computer graphics to represent the molecular world. What would it look like? And that's how I really began. So let's begin. This is DNA in its classic double helix form.
Video examples
How design can help make...
carrying a huge bedazzled B on Kure poster of rosalind Franklin the scientists who had made crucial contributions to the understanding of DNA's double helix structure it was the same poster that I brought with me to the March she told me that she was
Video examples
Barry Schuler: An...
first decoded this beautiful double helix that we know as the DNA molecule -- very long, complicated molecule -- we then started on this journey to understand that inside of that DNA is a language that determines the characteristics, our traits,
Video examples
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's...
The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in the last century, in human history, in fact. The now-famous double helix is almost synonymous with Watson and Crick,
Video examples
How CRISPR lets us edit...
like a pair of scissors that can cut DNA -- it makes a double-stranded break in the DNA helix. And importantly, this complex is programmable, so it can be programmed to recognize particular DNA sequences,
Video examples
John Hardy: My green...
The yellow box was called the administration complex. We squashed it, we rethought it, but mainly we renamed it "the heart of school," and that changed everything forever. It's a double helix.
Video examples
What happens when your...
Sometimes, it causes two adjacent nucleotides to stick together, distorting the DNA's double helix shape. Damage like this requires a more complex process called nucleotide excision repair.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Assurance, action, and evidence influence each other in an ongoing process. This helix is like a coil, and as it spirals upward it expands and widens. These three elements of faith - assurance, action, and evidence - are not separate and discrete; rather, they are interrelated and continuous and cycle upward.
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Kelsey Grammer
American Actor
Some of the greatest achievements ever have been achieved as a result of the Church. The Catholic Church. I'm not Catholic but yeah, the Church, for instance, you take a walk through the Vatican, and to your right is the double helix staircase built, I think, in 1138 or something.
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Richard J. Roberts
English Scientist
The strands of the DNA double helix are held together by hydrogen bonding interactions between the complementary base pairs. Heating DNA in solution easily breaks these hydrogen bonds, allowing the two strands to separate - a process called denaturation or melting.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.
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Francis Crick
English Scientist
If poly A is added to poly U, to form a double or triple helix, the combination is inactive.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Assurance, action, and evidence influence each other in an ongoing process. This helix is like a coil, and as it spirals upward it expands and widens. These three elements of faith - assurance, action, and evidence - are not separate and discrete; rather, they are interrelated and continuous and cycle upward.
Quote examples
Kelsey Grammer
American Actor
Some of the greatest achievements ever have been achieved as a result of the Church. The Catholic Church. I'm not Catholic but yeah, the Church, for instance, you take a walk through the Vatican, and to your right is the double helix staircase built, I think, in 1138 or something.
Quote examples
Richard J. Roberts
English Scientist
The strands of the DNA double helix are held together by hydrogen bonding interactions between the complementary base pairs. Heating DNA in solution easily breaks these hydrogen bonds, allowing the two strands to separate - a process called denaturation or melting.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.
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Francis Crick
English Scientist
If poly A is added to poly U, to form a double or triple helix, the combination is inactive.
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