New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets

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(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have made a new material that is both liquid and magnetic. This discovery could lead to a revolutionary class of printable liquid devices for a variety of applications – from artificial cells that deliver targeted cancer therapies to flexible liquid robots that can change their shape to adapt to their surroundings.