Or imagine taking a straight rubber band and twisting it into a spiral.
Now, add another turn to create a superhelixa tightly coiled, extra-twisted structure, Nosrati explained.
Turns out that making babies really is about having the right movesall the way down to the sperms choreography.
Researchers used advanced imaging techniques to reveal that sperm are propelled by swirling fluid vortices shaped like rolling corkscrews.© Monash University
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The vortices attach to the sperm and rotate in sync. © Akbaridoust, Farzan et al. Cell Reports Physical Science
