Farther still from the epicenter, the flash caused a sunburn-like pigmentation on human skins, and, where a hand had been raised in a pathetic attempt to ward off what its creator, Robert Oppenheimer, described (borrowing from the Bhagavad Gita) as the light of "ten thousand suns," it left its own shape on its owner.
In the past couple of years, other researchers, studying a prion disease called mink transmissible encephalopathy, had provided evidence that different prion strains consist simply of differently misfolded forms of the prion protein, each of which can transmit its own shape, or conformation, to normal PrP.
Much remains mysterious about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, not least the workings of the infectious agent, a rogue misfolded protein apparently capable of misfolding other proteins its own shape.
Instead she seems to hear the music the way Mr. White does: as a series of phrases, each with its own shape and tempo.
Where their actual follow-up was a great disappointment, this is a suite of distinct, melodic tunes, each with its own shape and character, each full of space and imagination.
While the Internet of Things is still seeking its own shape, its effects have already stared in making incredible strides as a universal solution media for the connected scenario.
Like all of the work by this African-American artist, the painting encourages an epiphany: Every block of color is different, with its own shape and proportion, as well as its own hue, surface and relationship to the whole.
Even so, his judicious use of rubato and finely honed sense of dynamic contrast gave each Prelude its own shape and character.
