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Permanent liquid magnets have now been created in the lab

These droplets have the mechanical properties of liquids and the magnetic properties of solids

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MAGNETIC DROPLETS  Scientists have now created permanent liquid magnets. Here, magnetized liquid droplets (yellow) twirl in oil, under the influence of a rotating magnetic field, wrapping themselves in orange dye.

X. Liu et al/Science 2019

By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

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