{"630741":{"#nid":"630741","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"To grab nectar, moths rely on split-second timing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESimon Sponberg is back to experimenting with some of his favorite subjects: Hawkmoths. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sponberg.gatech.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics and School of Biological Sciences assistant professor\u003C\/a\u003E, who studies the neuromechanics of animal movement, has tethered the large moths to video game joysticks in earlier studies to find out how the insects track targets. Now he\u0026#39;s gathering data about just how fast the moths decide on which muscles to use as they hover near flowers. Sponberg\u0026#39;s latest study also attracted the attention of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/image-of-the-day\/image-of-the-day--moth-movement-66875\u0022\u003EThe Scientist\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2020-01-08 15:56:27","changed_gmt":"2020-01-08 15:57:44","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"reconfigurable transceivers","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/moths-timing-brains-muscles-22433\/","dateline":{"date":"2019-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"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"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"170414","name":"Simon Sponberg"},{"id":"125611","name":"neuromechanics"},{"id":"179197","name":"hawkmoths"}],"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":""}}}