{"595421":{"#nid":"595421","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Fire Ants Are Yet Another Hazard in Houston\u2019s Flooded Streets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs if the swamped residents of the Texas Gulf Coast don\u0026#39;t\u0026nbsp;have enough reasons to curse Hurricane Harvey, here\u0026#39;s one more: clumps\u0026nbsp;of stinging fire ants bobbing\u0026nbsp;in the floodwaters. The\u0026nbsp;New York Times story and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2017\/08\/30\/the-terrifying-science-behind-floating-fire-ant-colonies-and-how-to-destroy-them\/?utm_term=.d3ff262bd822\u0022\u003Ethis one\u003C\/a\u003E in the Washington Post cite a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/108\/19\/7669.abstract\u0022\u003E2011\u0026nbsp;study\u003C\/a\u003E by School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hu.gatech.edu\/0-hu-cv-word-htm\/\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that explained the\u0026nbsp;fire ant\u0026#39;s raft-building superpower. Hu\u0026nbsp;is also an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and an adjunct associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-09-01 15:43:29","changed_gmt":"2017-09-01 15:49:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/30\/us\/fire-ants-harvey-hurricane-storm.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170830\u0026nlid=56919083\u0026tntemail0=y\u0026_r=0","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","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":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"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":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"14335","name":"Fire Ants"},{"id":"175392","name":"Hurricane Harvey"},{"id":"51591","name":"flooding"}],"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":""}}}