A spool of white thread is placed under the immense pressure of a hydraulic press, moments before being crushed. This ...

Anyone who has developed an affinity for sewing or embroidery knows exactly how quickly piles upon piles of empty thread ...

Some histones function as spools for the thread-like DNA to wrap around. Under the microscope in its extended form, chromatin looks like beads on a string. The beads are called nucleosomes.