Scientists have created a moving magnetic slime capable of encircling smaller objects,
self-healing and “very large deformation” to squeeze and travel through narrow spaces.
The slime, which is controlled by magnets, is also a good electrical conductor and can be used to interconnect electrodes, its creators say.
The dark-coloured magnetic blob has been compared on social media to Flubber,
the eponymous substance in the 1997 sci-fi film, and described as a “magnetic turd” and “amazing and a tiny bit terrifying”.
Prof Li Zhang, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who co-created the slime,
emphasised that the substance was real scientific research and not an April fool’s joke, despite the timing of its release.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/01/magnetic-turd-scientists-invent-moving-slime-that-could-be-used-in-human-digestive-systems
