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This video shows oil (dyed blue) being poured into tap water. Then a few drops of oil laced with nanomagnets (black) are applied, which quickly spread around the oil. As a magnet moves to the edge of the vessel, the black nanofluid slides to meet it, dragging along the spilled oil.
Posted in 'Oil magnets' at sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34477/title/Science_%2B_the_Public__Oil_magnets
Source: McHenry Group/Carnegie Mellon