Media

Fish schools and fish-inspired robots

Article:

• Sept. 14, 2025 Spektrum.de “Roboter zeigen Prinzipien kollektiver Intelligenz” (link)
• July 21, 2025 Princeton Engineering “Fish schools prefer to swim in ladder shape, study reveals” Alaina O’Regan (link)
• July 17, 2025. nature “Robots demonstrate principles of collective intelligence” Sedeer el-Showk (link)
• July 8, 2025 infobae “Peces en formación vertical, la sorprendente estrategia que rompe con décadas de mitos científicos” Fausto Urriste (link)
• June 28, 2025 earth.com “Fish swim in schools by stacking like ladder rungs” Sanjana Gajbhiye (link)
• June 27, 2025 ScienMag “New Study Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Fish School Shapes” (link)
• Aug. 13, 2024. New York Times “Fish That School Together Save Energy, Study Finds” Katrina Miller (link)

Fire ant rafts & fly larval aggregates

Article:

• Oct. 12, 2022. Esquire “火蟻の驚くべき生存戦略は朝食シリアルと同じ ―大雨でも生き残る「ヒアリいかだ」の仕組み” (link)
• Sept 16, 2022. arsTECHNICA “Fire ant rafts form because of the Cheerios effect, study concludes” Jennifer Ouellette (link)
• Sept 16, 2022. POPULAR MECHANICS “The Strange Mechanics of Fire ants” Manasee Wagh (link)
• Sept 13, 2022. New Scientist “Scientists discover that it takes 10 ants to form a stable raft” Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (link)
• August 25, 2022. Nature Review Physics “Fire ant rafts” Ankita Anirban (link)
• June 8, 2022 Myrmecological News “Measuring metabolic scaling of fire ant structures” Patrick Krapf, Lina Pedraza, and James Trager (link)
• Jan. 5, 2022 Futurity “How to raise larvae on food scraps to feed?”
• Dec. 13, 2021 Phys.org “Air flow key to ensuring black soldier fly larvae thrive as a sustainable food source”
• Dec. 8, 2019. arsTECHNICA “The physics behind how fire ants band together into robust floating rafts” Jennifer Ouellette (link)
• Nov. 26, 2019. Phys.org “Fire ants’ raft building skills react as fluid forces change” American Physical Society (link)

Physics of tossing wok

Op-Ed:

• Feb. 12, 2021. Blog posts and articles from the Royal Society “Celebrating Chinese New Year cuisine with the help of physics” (link)

Article:

• Oct. 28, 2020. CNN “The science behind ‘the breath of a wok,’ an essential ingredient in the perfect bowl of fried rice” Maggie Hiufu Wong(link)
• Feb. 28, 2020. Sputnik News “Arroz frito: cómo prepararlo a la perfección según la ciencia” (link)
• Feb. 26, 2020. de Volkskrant, Netherland newspaper “Zo werkt de natuurkunde van rijst bakken in een wok” George van Hal & Maarten Keulemans (link)
• Feb. 25, 2020. CafeBiz, Vietnam “Các nhà khoa học vừa chỉ ra cách lắc chảo để rang cơm ngon nhất có thể” (link)
• Feb. 25, 2020. Gigazine, Japan “チャーハンを炒める時の「完璧な中華鍋の振り方」を本気で研究した物理学者が登場” (link)
• Feb. 23, 2020. Replicario, Brazil “Físicos da Georgia Tech desvendam o segredo para aperfeiçoar o arroz frito” (link)
• Feb. 23, 2020. arsTECHNICA “Georgia Tech physicists unlock the secret to perfect wok-tossed fried rice” Jennifer Ouellette (link)  
• Feb. 19, 2020. DQ, Taiwan “這一次，搞笑諾貝爾獎得主解開「黃金炒飯」的秘密” 徽徽 (link)
• Feb. 17, 2020. Ifanr, China “两届搞笑诺贝尔奖得主，这次找到了「黄金炒饭」的奥义” (link)
• Feb. 14, 2020. ZME Science “The physics of fried rice” Mihai Andrei (link)
• Feb. 12, 2020. GIZMODO, UK “Here’s the Best Way to Make Fried Rice, According to Hungry Engineers” Ryan F. Mandelbaum (link)
• Feb. 12, 2020. Popular Mechanics “Use Math and Physics to Flip the Best Fried Rice” Caroline Delbert (link)
• Feb. 11, 2020. Science News “How to make the best fried rice, according to physics” Emily Conover (link)
• Nov. 23, 2018. Lite News Hong Kong “完美炒飯不簡單？美研究：每0.32秒要秒拋一次鑊” 陳韻詩 (link)
• Nov. 22, 2018. ETtoday, Taiwan “「完美炒飯」需要很大力氣！　美來台研究：每0.32秒就要甩1次” (link)
• Nov. 22, 2018. India Times “How To Cook The Perfect Fried Rice Every Single Time, According To Scientific Research” Gwyn D’Mello (link)
• Nov. 21, 2018. ZME science “Delicious chemistry: the science behind wok tossing” Mihai Andrei (link)
• Nov. 20, 2018. Cosmos Magazine “The physics of fried rice” Natalie Parletta (link)
• Nov. 20, 2018. Atlas Obscura “Breaking down the physics of wok tossing” Anna Kusmer (link)
• Nov. 20, 2018. Geek.com “How to cook perfectly fried rice, according to scientists” Genevieve Scarano (link)
• Nov. 20, 2018. Modgab “The physics of fried rice” Fusberta Charest
• Nov. 20, 2018. MSN “Perfect stir-fried rice recipe is all a matter of maths, say scientists” Jane Clinton (link)
• Nov. 19, 2018. Dailymail “You’ve been cooking fried rice wrong! Flip It out of the wok like pancakes every .32 seconds for the best flavour, say scientists” Victoria Allen
• Nov. 19, 2018. Phys.org “The subtle science of wok tossing” Steve Nadis (link)
• Nov. 19, 2018. Earth.com “The science behind cooking perfectly fried rice” Kay Vandette (link)

Radio:

• Mar. 15, 2020. Utah Public Radio, UnDiscipline
• Mar. 16, 2020. PRX Number in the news “.3: The secret ingredient to perfect fried rice? Physics.” Bianca Hillier (link)
• Mar. 3, 2020. 630 KHOW, iHeart Radio “HungTang Ko (GA Tech PhD candidate) on the science of the best fried rice” Ross Kaminsky (link)
• Feb. 28, 2020. Sveriges Radio, Sweden “Forskare har studerat wokning – ger hopp för kockars axlar” (link)
• Feb. 25, 2020. PRI The World “The secret ingredient to perfect fried rice is physical” Marco Werman (link)
• Feb. 13, 2020. 3AW Breakfast, Australia Ross Stevenson & John Burns (link)
• Feb. 12, 2020. Deutschlandfunk, Germany “Die Physik des Reisbratens” Frank Grotelüschen (link)
• June 11, 2019. ABC Radio Tasmania, Australia Jane Longhurst

TV:

• Dec. 20, 2018.CGTNAmerica “Hungtang Ko discusses his research on wok tossing” Mike Walter (link)