{"633986":{"#nid":"633986","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Barbs of a feather lock together","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen a bird extends its wings in flight, microscopic fasteners stick to each other to prevent gaps between the feathers and improve the bird\u0026rsquo;s macroscopic maneuverability.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;This fastener mechanism is showing the deeper physics understanding underneath the interesting biological structure that we\u0026rsquo;ve appreciated,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E, a biophysicist at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35185","created_gmt":"2020-04-01 18:14:04","changed_gmt":"2020-04-01 18:14:04","author":"kpietkiewicz3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"campus drone","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/physicstoday.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1063\/PT.3.4449","dateline":{"date":"2020-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}