Shape-recovering liquid defies thermodynamics

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A new property of certain liquids defies the textbooks.

Researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently made the surprising discovery of what they call a "shape-recovering liquid" The research details a mixture of oil, water and magnetized particles that, when shaken, always quickly separates into what looks like the classically curvaceous lines of a Grecian urn.

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