Weird new type of magnetic liquid could be used to control soft robots

Newscientist - Thu 18 Jul 19

A strange liquid magnet full of iron nanoparticles can change its shape in a magnetic field, and it may eventually be used to make wireless, moving soft robots

How to make a magnet out of liquid

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 18 Jul 19

It works like a solid but flows like a fluid. Phil Dooley reports.

Permanent liquid magnets have now been created in the lab

ScienceNews - Thu 18 Jul 19

Magnets that generate persistent magnetic fields are usually solid. But new little bar magnets have the mechanical properties of liquids.

New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets

Phys.org - Thu 18 Jul 19

Inventors of centuries past and scientists of today have found ingenious ways to make our lives better with magnets—from the magnetic needle on a compass to magnetic data storage devices and ...

New Laws of Attraction: Scientists Print Magnetic Liquid Droplets, Newswise - Fri 19 Jul 19
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In a lab accident, scientists create the first-ever permanently magnetic liquid

FOXNews - Thu 25 Jul 19

For the first time, scientists have created a permanently magnetic liquid.

In a Lab Accident, Scientists Create the First-Ever Permanently Magnetic Liquid, Livescience - Wed 24 Jul 19

Scientists discover magnets out of liquid

ZME Science - Fri 19 Jul 19

Magnets used to be rigid -- not anymore.

Liquid magnet takes shape as ferrofluids hold their attraction

Chemistry World - Fri 19 Jul 19

Fluids could find uses in drug delivery or robotics

Scientists develop world's first LIQUID MAGNET that could be one day be used to make fluid robots

Daily Mail - Fri 19 Jul 19

University of Massachusetts researcher Thomas Russell and colleagues developed a simple method to transform plain metal particles floating in a liquid into permanent magnets.

First-ever ferromagnetic liquid surprises researchers

Physicsworld Blog - Sat 20 Jul 19

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Ultra-soft, liquid magnetic droplets could vault technology forward

Eurekalert - Thu 18 Jul 19

(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Most magnets are rigid but have made great contributions to society and to modern industry, says Thomas Russell of UMass Amherst. But this award-winning ...