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1 posted on 07/20/2019 5:18:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin

To: SunkenCiv

Permanently magnetized iron-oxide
nanoparticles gravitate toward each other
in perfect unison.
(Credit: Xubo Liu et al./Berkeley Lab

2 posted on 07/20/2019 5:19:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)

To: BenLurkin

It’s not really a liquid. It’s very very tiny solid particles in suspension in a liquid. The magnetic particles are solid, just very small.

3 posted on 07/20/2019 5:24:51 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)

To: BenLurkin

...flexible liquid robots that can change their shape to adapt to their surroundings.

Oh NOZ! Arnold tried to warn us...

4 posted on 07/20/2019 5:26:20 PM PDT by Billthedrill

To: BenLurkin

This sounds like a fantastic advance for therapies for cancer and other diseases.

However-when I read “liquid robots that can change their shape to adapt to their surroundings”, my mind conjured an image from “Terminator”...

6 posted on 07/20/2019 5:29:16 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys-you've got to draw a hard line"...)

To: BenLurkin

“But what if you could make a magnetic device out of liquids?”

OK, let’s play “what if”? Where is the usual laundry list of speculative applications? The question was asked but not answered.

8 posted on 07/20/2019 5:31:57 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

To: BenLurkin

I feel like there is a Paula Abdul song in this thread struggling to be heard.

11 posted on 07/20/2019 5:41:41 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)

To: BenLurkin

Can I get this article in English?

12 posted on 07/20/2019 5:47:54 PM PDT by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)

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