Filaments in a sentence

The nuclear envelope's structure is determined by a network of intermediate filaments (protein filaments).

The fibers are polymer filaments, about as thin as a human hair, that can be embedded with electrodes and temperature sensors.

The vertical filaments surround the nucleus of the Milky Way, but the horizontal ones appear to spread out to one side toward the black hole.

Danger and memory are caught within their staggering invention, out of fuse wire and lamp filaments, showerheads and silk threads, sharp clips and plastic ties.

During the experiment, zooplankton were exposed to different concentrations of microfibres over various time periods to determine if they would consume the plastic filaments, and measure any resulting outcomes.

Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium.

To achieve this, non-muscle myosin 2 forms higher-order filaments within the cell, which then interact with the actin cytoskeleton network to apply force and produce movement.

Manufacturers of medical masks use specialized materials (pdf) made of a synthetic fiber—often polypropylene—formed into a web of fine filaments using what’s called melt-blown or spunbond technology.

Models of how myosin, actin and the elastic scaffold protein titin work together have largely ignored the possibility that myosin filaments penetrate the Z-disc structure.

Most of the filaments were between two and 40 centimetres in length, although some were as long as four metres.

The network of thread-like filaments is the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in this way.

The spherical structures also appear to retain cell membranes and internal filaments or structural proteins inside the cell.

Cosmic web: map showing the gas filaments with white dots showing very active star-forming galaxies.

In a fuzzy universe, these filaments would have appeared striated, like star-lit strings on a harp.

Most modern incandescent light bulbs now use tungsten filaments.

They were composed of spore-like spheres, often joined to long filaments that sprouted T-shaped branches — the kind of shapes found today in fungi.

An artist’s impression of the universe’s first, massive, blue stars embedded in gaseous filaments, with the cosmic microwave background just visible at the edges.

At the base of each blood-orange petal, slender filaments radiate from a bright yellow throat.

These filaments penetrate, break down and consume organic matter in the soil.

The surface is much brighter than the prominence so it is a negative to reveal details of Sun chromosphere (spicules and filaments).