We present a microfluidic device generating three-dimensional (3D) coaxial flow by the addition of a simple hillock to produce an alginate core-shell microcapsule for the efficient formation of a cell spheroid. A hillock tapered at downstream of the two-dimensional focusing channel enables outside flow to enclose the core flow. The aqueous solution in the core flow was focused and surrounded by...

The effects of naturally acidified seawater on shell traits were quantified through the comparison of dove snails (Family: Columbellidae) Anachis misera from vent environments with Euplica sp. from non-vent sites in northeastern Taiwan. Samples of A. misera were collected around a shallow vent (24.8341 N, 121.96191 E), which included the east, south, southwest, and northwest sites. An absence o...

Rotational behavior inducing triaxiality is discussed for Cr in the cranked NilssonStrutinsky (CNS) model, as well as in the spherical shell model. It is shown that the low-spin region up to about I=8, has a prolate well-deformed shape. At higher spins the shape is triaxial with a “negative-γ” deformation, that is, with rotation around the classically forbidden intermediate axis. By comparing c...

Convection occurs ubiquitously on and in rotating geophysical astrophysical bodies. Prior spherical shell studies have shown that the convection dynamics polar regions can differ significantly from lower latitude, equatorial dynamics. Yet most convective scaling laws use globally-averaged quantities erase latitudinal differences physics. Here we quantify those by analyzing simulations terms of ...