Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio have created soft structures that can take on different shapes without any ...

Magnetic cilia – artificial hairs whose movement is powered by embedded magnetic particles – have been around for a while, and are of interest for applications in soft robotics, transporting objects ...

Mixing of particles under a 40 G, 10 Hz rotating magnetic field, with monomers remaining in a gas-like phase. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: ...

What if doctors could guide life-saving treatments through the body using nothing but a magnet? An interdisciplinary team at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering is working to ...

Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have created a magnetic “metasheet” that can move objects and liquids around without needing robot arms or grippers. The device is essentially a ...

Overall, the simultaneous and independent transport of colloidal particles over magnetic patterns can be of great use in various fields of science and technology to produce customised materials, ...

Morphogenesis refers to this innate biological process that guides developmental growth and structural configuration into precise target shapes. Yet while biological organisms inherently self-assemble ...

Researchers at Bayreuth have discovered techniques to use magnetic patterns to control minute particles in liquids. Now, the study’s findings are available in Nature Communications under the heading ...