The phrase "a universal mode" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a method or approach that is applicable in all situations or contexts.
Example: "The researchers proposed a universal mode of communication that could bridge language barriers across cultures."
Alternatives: "a global method" or "a common approach".
Art is a universal mode of language.
In his eyes, the Leibnizian project entailed the search for a logical language which would provide "a universal mode of characterizing conceptions" (ibid., p. 272).
Experimental observations of intra- and intermolecular interactions involving these loops and other motifs rich in unpaired adenosines [20] suggested a role for these unpaired nucleotides in a universal mode of RNA helical packing [21], [22] as well as in the accuracy and specificity of the translational function of the rRNA protein synthesis [23] [26].
This discovery suggested a universal mode of oligomerisation underlying a common mechanism of toxicity.
Extensive pleiotropy is well documented as a universal mode of gene action (e.g. Knight et al. 2006; Barreiro et al. 2008), and a role for this process in patterns of positive selection and disease was suggested by Nielsen et al. (2005) in the context of 'selfish' mutations of tumor suppressor genes to increased rates of spermatogenesis that pleiotropically increase risks of cancer.
Cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+]i) oscillations are a nearly universal mode of signalling in excitable and non-excitable cells.
The results were analyzed by using logistic regression in a polytomous universal mode (PLUM) logistic regression model.
To assess the relationship between these factors and the complication rate, a polytomous universal mode (PLUM) logistic regression approach was used.
Albert appealed to his three-fold distinction, noting that a universal's mode of being is differentiated according to which function is being considered.
As is evident, Sharpe's analysis of the types of universality for linguistic terms is based on two distinct but compatible criteria: (i) the existence of a common nature directly or indirectly signified by them, and (ii) the universal mode of signifying – the latter being more important than the former.
It may represent the most universal mode of comedy.
