http://www.gatech.edu/ en http://www.gatech.edu/news/2023/02/28/super-fast-insect-urination-powered-physics-superpropulsion <span>Super-fast Insect Urination Powered by the Physics of Superpropulsion</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-02-28T11:58:13-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 11:58">Tue, 02/28/2023 - 11:58</time> </span> <div><p>Saad Bhamla was in his backyard when he saw something he had never seen before: an insect urinating. Though nearly impossible to see, the insect formed an almost perfectly round droplet on its tail and then launched it away so quickly that it seemed to disappear. The tiny insect relieved itself repeatedly for hours.</p> <h2><a href="https://research.gatech.edu/super-fast-insect-urination-powered-physics-superpropulsion">Watch the video and read the full story here</a>.</h2></div> <div> <div> <p>Summary sentence</p> </div> <div>Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by catapulting urine drops at incredible accelerations. Their excretion is the first example of superpropulsion discovered in a biological system.</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Dateline</p> </div> <div><time datetime="2023-02-28T12:00:00Z">Tue, 02/28/2023 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Email</p> </div> <div>catherine.barzler@gatech.edu</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Contact</p> </div> <div><p><a href="mailto:catherine.barzler@gatech.edu">Catherine Barzler</a>, Senior Research Writer/Editor</p></div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Location</p> </div> <div>Atlanta, GA</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Associated importer</p> </div> <div>1</div> </div> <picture> <img loading="lazy" src="http://www.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/hg_media/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-28%20at%209.51.32%20AM.png" width="2964" height="1034" alt="A sharpshooter insect forming a urine droplet before it catapulting it high acceleration." title="A sharpshooter insect forming a urine droplet before it catapulting it high acceleration."> </picture> <div> <div> <h4>News room topics</h4> </div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/topic/earth-and-environment">Earth and Environment</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/topic/science-and-technology">Science and Technology</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div><h4>Core research areas</h4></div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"><a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/core-research-area/bioengineering-and-bioscience">Bioengineering and Bioscience</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"><a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/core-research-area/renewable-bioproducts">Renewable Bioproducts</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Mercury ID</p> </div> <div>666241</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Source updated</p> </div> <div><time datetime="2023-02-28T11:25:52-05:00">Tue, 02/28/2023 - 11:25</time> </div> </div> Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:58:13 +0000 admin 27777 at http://www.gatech.edu