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UMass Students Unveil Shape-Recovering Liquid, Defying Thermodynamics
4/4/2025
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- A groundbreaking discovery at UMass Amherst has unveiled a "shape-recovering liquid" that challenges the laws of thermodynamics. Graduate student Anthony Raykh's innovative blend of oil, water, and magnetized nickel particles formed a stable Grecian urn shape, hinting at new states of matter and reshaping our understanding of emulsification in soft-matter physics.
