The structure of DNA is widely accepted to exist as a double helix, but different DNA structures also exist. New research points to a range of triggers that can manipulate its shape.

Snowflakes vary by size and shape but exactly how many different patterns are there and what weather features influence their appearance?

Roth and other experts in the field think one of those shapes triggers a signaling pathway (call it pathway A) associated with analgesic effects; and that a different shape triggers another ...

The spikes on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, change shapes. New research reveals ways that antibodies can recognize these different shapes and block the virus and informs the design ...

To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals.

A supramolecular complex containing iron atoms (orange) can transform from a tetrahedron (left) to a helix (center) when cyclooctyne (red) reacts with the ligands (gray). The complex morphs into a ...

A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels ...

Shapes The vaginal shape is often described based on the appearance of the labia, or vaginal lips. There are two sets of labia: ...

Electrical plugs and outlets come in many different shapes and sizes. Why do the holes in electrical outlets have such varying configurations?

To understand why batteries come in many different sizes and shapes – and serve many purposes – look to the past, at how batteries originated and how they have developed over the years.