{"663003":{"#nid":"663003","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Secret to the Skillful Skydiving of Wingless Springtails","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarly in the pandemic, V\u0026iacute;ctor Ortega-Jim\u0026eacute;nez was exploring creeks near his home and observing springtails. The organisms are the most abundant non-insect hexapods on earth, and Ortega-Jim\u0026eacute;nez suspected their avoidance of predators had something to do with their ability to jump on the water surface and land perfectly in the same spot. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrtega-Jim\u0026eacute;nez brought the hypothesis back to his lab in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE)\u003C\/a\u003E. Using a combination of computational and robophysical modeling, as well as fluid dynamics experiments, the researchers were able to see for the first time the mechanics of springtail movement. They determined how springtails control their jump, self-right in midair, and land on their feet \u0026mdash; all within the blink of an eye \u0026mdash; effectively saving them from predators.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/secret-skillful-skydiving-wingless-springtails\u0022\u003ERead about the research here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers discover how this tiny hexapod survives predators"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Using a combination of computational and robophysical modeling, as well as fluid dynamics experiments, the researchers were able to see for the first time the mechanics of springtail movement. "}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2022-11-08 15:09:26","changed_gmt":"2022-11-08 15:10:40","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663004":{"id":"663004","type":"image","title":"Springtails","body":null,"created":"1667920220","gmt_created":"2022-11-08 15:10:20","changed":"1667920220","gmt_changed":"2022-11-08 15:10:20","alt":"springtails","file":{"fid":"251019","name":"Springtail_credits_OrtegaJVM.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Springtail_credits_OrtegaJVM.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Springtail_credits_OrtegaJVM.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":237461,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Springtail_credits_OrtegaJVM.JPG?itok=i18bYHph"}}},"media_ids":["663004"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Research Writer\/Editor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}