{"593584":{"#nid":"593584","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ants, Dutiful Escape Artists, Build Towers in Constant Flux","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen fire ants studied by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E escaped his Georgia Tech lab and invaded a nearby\u0026nbsp;professor\u0026#39;s office, their method of breaking out \u0026ndash; building an Eiffel Tower-shaped structure\u0026nbsp;out of their own bodies \u0026ndash; became part of Hu\u0026#39;s research. That\u0026#39;s how this\u0026nbsp;New York Times story begins regarding Hu\u0026#39;s new\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/4\/7\/170475\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E of\u0026nbsp;ant\u0026nbsp;tower-building abilities.\u0026nbsp;(Here\u0026#39;s a New York Times \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/science\/100000005161948\/ants-building-towers.html?action=click\u0026amp;contentCollection=science\u0026amp;module=lede\u0026amp;region=caption\u0026amp;pgtype=article\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E on Hu\u0026#39;s research.) Quartz\u0026nbsp;also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qz.com\/1029975\/fire-ants-can-build-complex-towers-to-get-out-of-trouble\/\u0022\u003Ecovered\u003C\/a\u003E the study; its story describes\u0026nbsp;how speeding up the research video of the ants provided a better look at\u0026nbsp;how the insects\u0026nbsp;cycled themselves through the tower-building process. Hu is an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the School of Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-07-19 15:08:43","changed_gmt":"2017-07-20 18:30:46","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Blanchard Early Career Professorship","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/17\/science\/ants-dutiful-escape-artists-build-towers-in-constant-flux.html?_r=0","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","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"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"14545","name":"George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"14335","name":"Fire Ants"},{"id":"174931","name":"tower building"}],"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":""}}}