BACKGROUND/AIMS It has been shown that MDCK cells, a cell line derived from canine renal tubules, develop cell domes due to fluid pumped under cell monolayer and focal detachment from the adhesion surface. In vitro studies have shown that primary cilia of kidney tubular epithelial cells act as mechanosensors, increasing intracellular calcium within seconds upon changes in fluid shear stress (SS...

Meter-scale DSL-120 sonar mapping and coregistered Argo II photographic observations reveal changes in eruptive style that closely follow the third-order structural segmentation of the ridge axis on the southern East Pacific Rise, 17°11’-18°37’S. Near segment ends we observe abundant basaltic lava domes which average 20 m in height and 200 m in basal diameter and have pillow lava as the dominan...

[1] The lunar steep-sided Gruithuisen and Mairan domes are morphologically and spectrally distinctive structures and appear similar to terrestrial extrusive volcanic features characterized by viscous magma. We use the basic morphologic and morphometric characteristics of the domes to estimate the yield strengths ( 10 Pa), plastic viscosities ( 10 Pa s), and effusion rates ( 50 m/s) of the magma...

Planetariums and smaller personal domes can provide an immersive environment for science education, virtual reality, and entertainment [Shaw 1998]. Digital projection into domes, called “full dome projection” in the industry, can be a technically challenging and expensive exercise, particularly so for installations with modest budgets. An alternative full dome digital projection system is prese...

We describe a tiling of the plane, motivated by architectural constructions of domes, in which the Fibonacci series appears in many ways.

Abstract Monolayers (MLs) of transition‐metal dichalcogenides host efficient single‐photon emitters (SPEs) usually associated to the presence nanoscale mechanical deformations or strain. Large‐scale spatial control strain would enhance scalability such SPEs and allow for their incorporation into photonic structures. Here, formation regular arrays strained hydrogen‐filled one‐layer‐thick micro‐d...

Coxeter’s classification of the highly symmetric geodesic domes (and, by duality, the highly symmetric fullerenes) is extended to a classification scheme for all geodesic domes and fullerenes. Each geodesic dome is characterized by its signature: a plane graph on twelve vertices with labeled angles and edges. In the case of the Coxeter geodesic domes, the plane graph is the icosahedron, all ang...