{"647934":{"#nid":"647934","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What Elephant Trunks Teach Science about Suction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech-based\u0026nbsp;study\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rsif.2021.0215\u0022\u003Epublished June 2\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of the Royal Society Interface\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Epresents the first evidence that elephants can use suction to pick up small objects as well as vacuum\u0026nbsp;up water. The study\u0026#39;s corresponding author,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, is a\u0026nbsp;professor of fluid mechanics in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;who\u0026nbsp;holds a joint appointment in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. The\u0026nbsp;study sought to better understand the physics of how elephants use their trunks to move and manipulate air, water, food and other objects. They also sought to learn if the mechanics could inspire the creation of more efficient robots that use air motion to hold and move things.\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":"2021-06-04 16:34:33","changed_gmt":"2021-06-04 16:34:33","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"John Fritsch","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.labroots.com\/trending\/plants-and-animals\/20585\/elephant-trunks-teach-science-suction","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological 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":"187996","name":"elephant trunks"}],"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":""}}}