{"665002":{"#nid":"665002","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Active matter theory explains fire-ant group behavior","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnts are social insects and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESolenopsis invicta\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;species \u0026mdash;known as the fire ant\u0026mdash; is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed within the context of the theory of Active Matter, which would explain the ants\u0026rsquo; group behaviour as a reaction to the intrinsic mechanisms in the system. This is one of the conclusions of an\u0026nbsp;article published in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/full\/10.1126\/sciadv.add0635\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eby two University of Barcelona researchers along with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ggold.math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGuillermo Goldsztein\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\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":"2023-01-23 18:51:33","changed_gmt":"2023-01-23 18:51:33","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/web\/ub\/en\/menu_eines\/noticies\/2023\/01\/018.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"191960","name":"Guillermo Goldszstein"},{"id":"186555","name":"active matter"},{"id":"14335","name":"Fire Ants"}],"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":""}}}