{"664540":{"#nid":"664540","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Heavier, curvy stones can give surprising results in skipping, physicists say","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESkipping a stone across water requires skill and patience and, of course, a great stone.\u0026nbsp;Personal preference may send you to a flat, light one, which\u0026nbsp;seems to skip easier. But scientists have found that is not the only way to get impressive leaps. A recent University of Bristol study researched how shape and mass affect the way objects interact with water. And it\u0026nbsp;found that a heavier rock with a good curve \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;imagine the shape of a mango but smaller \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;can get an impressive bounce. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hu.gatech.edu\/about\/\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eand the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and an adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, did not take part in the study but comments on how surprised he was that the Bristol scientists studied curved objects.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-09 19:31:50","changed_gmt":"2023-01-09 19:31:50","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2023\/01\/05\/heavier-curvy-stones-can-give-surprising-results-in-skipping-physicists-say","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"191860","name":"Wallace H. Coulter School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"191861","name":"rock skipping"},{"id":"191862","name":"skipping stones on water"}],"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":""}}}