This dancing, Flubber-like substance may look like the stuff of science fiction. But it is very real and has some promising scientific applications. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good ...

A fluid that retains its magnetic structure when an external magnetic field is removed can form the basis of liquid bioelectronics 1. A ferrofluid is a substance consisting of nanometre-sized magnetic ...

Electric motors power everything from household appliances to industrial systems. Most rely on magnetic fields generated by ...

An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures. Researchers at Aalto University have shown that a nanoparticle ...

Ferrofluid is a liquid with nano-sized iron particles that was developed by NASA in the 1960s. Artist Eric Mesplé has been experimenting with this magnetic liquid in his art for the past dozen years, ...

A new desk lamp is taking over from the lava lamp -- by replacing the boring old wax lava with interactive magnetic fluid. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Professor of Clean Technology Colin Raston, who invented the vortex fluidic device for research at the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Flinders University. The Earth’s ...