The insanely rapid growth in scientific developments means that new inventions seem increasingly like something out of science fiction or an April Fool’s joke.
When The Chinese University of Hong Kong announced on April 1 that they had developed magnetic slime that can travel inside the human body, everyone thought it was an April’s Fool joke. But it really was not.
The gooey material can be used to retrieve accidentally swallowed items, like button batteries. The durable slime can move through complex and narrow passages just millimeters wide, reaching speeds of up to 30 millimeters per second. It could be ideal for making surgery less invasive or for targeted drug delivery.
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Via ABC News