{"590992":{"#nid":"590992","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Physics of poo: Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESomebody give \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u0026#39;s\u003C\/a\u003E graduate and undergraduate\u0026nbsp;students medals for bravery -- and maybe some hazmat suits. Hu, an associate\u0026nbsp;professor in the School of Biological Sciences and an adjunct associate professor in the School of Physics, is a 2015 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.improbable.com\/ig\/winners\/\u0022\u003EIg Nobel Prize \u003C\/a\u003Ewinner for his \u0026quot;urination duration\u0026quot; research, and he and his intrepid fluid dynamics team have\u0026nbsp;also gotten hands-on (yuck) with frog saliva. Now he has\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2017\/SM\/C6SM02795D#!divAbstract\u0022\u003Estudied\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;the physics of poop among mammals,\u0026nbsp;venturing to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zooatlanta.org\u0022\u003EZoo Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E to follow elephants around and figure out things\u0026nbsp;like speed, duration, size, mucosity, etc. Hu, also an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hu\u0022\u003Eassociate professor\u003C\/a\u003E in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,\u0026nbsp;makes the connection between his research and a\u0026nbsp;better understanding of gastrointestinal health. The research also helped his team\u0026nbsp;design\u0026nbsp;state-of-the-art\u0026nbsp;undergarments for astronauts. Hu\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/Content\/ArticleLanding\/2017\/SM\/C6SM02795D#!divAbstract\u0022\u003Estudy \u003C\/a\u003Ewas published April 25 in the journal (wait for it)\u003Cem\u003E....Soft Matter.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-04-27 14:50:40","changed_gmt":"2017-04-28 13:23:54","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"extreme temperatures","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/physics-of-poo-why-it-takes-you-and-an-elephant-the-same-amount-of-time-76696?utm_medium=email\u0026utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2027%202017%20-%2072685526\u0026utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20April%2027%202017%20-%2072685526+CID_5d6567b5e7ef898b955b683c32c07e75\u0026utm_source=campaign_monitor_us\u0026utm_term=Physics%20of%20poo%20Why%20it%20takes%20you%20and%20an%20elephant%20the%20same%20amount%20of%20time","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589628":{"id":"589628","type":"image","title":"David L. Hu","body":null,"created":"1490988797","gmt_created":"2017-03-31 19:33:17","changed":"1490988797","gmt_changed":"2017-03-31 19:33:17","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224656","name":"David L. Hu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/David%20L.%20Hu.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/David%20L.%20Hu.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7757,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/David%20L.%20Hu.jpg?itok=58USDvY_"}}},"media_ids":["589628"],"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"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"173930","name":"David L. Hu"},{"id":"2584","name":"fluid dynamics"},{"id":"174219","name":"poop"},{"id":"174220","name":"feces"},{"id":"174221","name":"mammals"},{"id":"174222","name":"gastrointestinal health"},{"id":"6765","name":"zoo atlanta"}],"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":""}}}