A microfluidic system with channels lined with magnetic liquids can ease the flow of samples and safely transport delicate cells, possibly helping to miniaturize microfluidic devices (Nature 2020, DOI ...

Magnets as we know them are always solid, but the closest thing we have to a magnetic liquid is a class of liquids called ferrofluids. Made up of iron-oxide particles suspended in liquids, these ...

For the first time, scientists have created a permanently magnetic liquid. These liquid droplets can morph into various shapes and be externally manipulated to move around, according to a new study.

Magnets are widely used today for all sorts of scenarios from medical devices to storing data inside computers. The thing that magnets have in common is that they are made of solid material.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Miniaturized chemical and analysis processes have many advantages, such as in reduced use of chemical reagents and solvents, precisely controlled reaction condition, much ...

T-1000, which appears in the movie ' Terminator 2 ', has a liquid metal body that allows the body to be deformed freely and to go through a narrow gap. A Chinese research team succeeded in creating a ...

Scientists created a metallic liquid capable of maintaining a magnetic field for the first time in history — and they did it entirely by accident. The researchers plan to launch new studies to sort ...

A new study suggests that the extreme pressures inside so-called super-Earth planets may create liquid magnesium oxide, a liquid metal, suggesting that similar processes may help create protective ...

Researchers at Yale have demonstrated a device that uses a magnetic liquid to separate blood cells based on their size and shape in just minutes. This device uses magnetic fields to separate cells by ...

Nematic materials are made of elongated molecules that align in a preferred direction, but, like in a fluid, are spaced out irregularly. The best-known nematic materials are liquid crystals, which are ...

Scientists have created “soft” magnets that can flow and change shape, and that could be a boon to medicine and robotics. By Knvul Sheikh Lodestone, a naturally-occurring iron oxide, was the first ...