Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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Engineers have fabricated a new elastic material coated with microscopic, hair like structures that tilt in response to a magnetic field. Depending on the field’s orientation, the micro-hairs can tilt to form a path through which fluid can flow.

Source: MIT

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