Permanent liquid magnets have now been created in the lab
These droplets have the mechanical properties of liquids and the magnetic properties of solids
![liquid droplets](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/071619_mt_magnets_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
MAGNETIC DROPLETS Scientists have now created permanent liquid magnets. Here, magnetized liquid droplets (yellow) twirl in oil, under the influence of a rotating magnetic field, wrapping themselves in orange dye.
X. Liu et al/Science 2019