{"593473":{"#nid":"593473","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ant colonies flow like fluid to build tall towers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESomebody should cue up \u0026quot;Ants Marching\u0026quot; by the Dave Matthews Band for this roundup of how media outlets are covering \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u0026#39;\u003C\/a\u003Es new\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/4\/7\/170475\u0022\u003Eresearch\u003C\/a\u003E. The School of Biological Sciences associate professor led a team that studied\u0026nbsp;how fire ants, without apparent leadership or coordination, can build Eiffel Tower-like structures out of their own bodies when looking for food or escape. Those on the bottom don\u0026#39;t get crushed \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;ants\u0026nbsp;circulate in and out of these tall towers\u0026nbsp;like water. In addition to the Nature story, here is\u0026nbsp;how \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cosmosmagazine.com\/biology\/fire-ants-self-organise-to-build-towers-to-reach-safety\u0022\u003ECosmos\u003C\/a\u003E reported on the new research, and here is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2140354-ants-build-living-towers-that-flow-like-a-fountain-in-reverse\/\u0022\u003ENew Scientist\u0026#39;s\u003C\/a\u003E take.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-07-12 16:38:48","changed_gmt":"2017-07-12 16:47:26","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"college of engineering; ISyE; fellowships; grad students; student awards; orise; cdc","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/ant-colonies-flow-like-fluid-to-build-tall-towers-1.22290","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"382241":{"id":"382241","type":"image","title":"David Hu","body":null,"created":"1449246231","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:51","changed":"1493396247","gmt_changed":"2017-04-28 16:17:27","alt":"Daivd Hu","file":{"fid":"75309","name":"hu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hu.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hu.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24895,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hu.jpg?itok=JoMWZnaG"}}},"media_ids":["382241"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"14335","name":"Fire Ants"},{"id":"174911","name":"Eiffel Tower"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}