{"100121":{"#nid":"100121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hu Lab Research Profiled in Washington Post","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearch done in the lab of David Hu (Assistant Professor Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Biology) was recently published in the \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E and profiled in The \u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E. The research focuses on the ability of fire ants to survive floods by self-assembling into waterproof rafts and was conducted primarily by ME graduate student Nathan Mlot. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Washington Post article can be found here:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/the_incredible_floating_fire_ant\/2011\/04\/22\/AFd3EbjE_story.html?wprss=rss_homepag\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/the_incredible_floating_fire_ant\/2011\/04\/22\/AFd3EbjE_story.html?wprss=rss_homepag\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information on ant rafts can be found here:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/antlab.gatech.edu\/antlab\/The_Ant_Raft.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/antlab.gatech.edu\/antlab\/The_Ant_Raft.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Research done in the lab of David Hu (Assistant Professor Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Biology) was recently published in the \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E and profiled in The \u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E. The research focuses on the ability of fire ants to survive floods by self-assembling into waterproof rafts and was conducted primarily by ME graduate student Nathan Mlot.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hu Lab Research Profiled in Washington Post"}],"uid":"27245","created_gmt":"2011-05-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:05","author":"Troy Hilley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"100131":{"id":"100131","type":"image","title":"David Hu","body":null,"created":"1449178150","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:10","changed":"1475894715","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:15"}},"media_ids":["100131"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Biology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu","title":"David Hu"}],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBiology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:admin@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact School of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3700\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["admin@biology.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}