Physicists look to navigational 'rhumb lines' to study polymer's unique spindle structure

ScienceDaily
Oct 11, 2019, 7:47 am116 pts
A new study describes how spheres can be transformed into twisted spindles thanks to insights from 16th century navigational tools. Researchers show how polymers can contract into spiral structures, known as loxodromes, that have complex patterning ten times smaller than the width of a human hair.

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