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science of fire ants - - Rob Tucker - 11-26-2013
Interesting article on Fire Ants in the L.A. Times....
Video: Fire ants' superpowers could inspire self-healing bridges
By Amina Khan
November 26, 2013, 4:04 p.m.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-fire-ants-liquid-solid-self-healing-bioinspired-20131126,0,2222651.story#ixzz2lntKpA8A
"Ants may seem tiny and weak when they’re alone, but together they can form a sort of ‘super-organism’ -- one with superpowers. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that a jumbled crowd of fire ants acts like both an elastic solid and a viscous liquid -- a rare and remarkable property that holds the secrets of self-healing materials."