Wearable medical devices and stretchable displays could benefit from a way to use high-frequency sound to create liquid metal wires.

The shape-shifting Terminator T-1000 robot which appeared in the 1990s film franchise could become a reality after a breakthrough in liquid-metal technology, scientists have claimed.

A research team in Beijing has implanted liquid metal into the body of a rat to induce movement using an artificial signal, with the hope of eventually helping treat humans with nerve damage.

The metal-coated paper can be folded but has properties of metal, such as tunable stiffness and ability to conduct heat and electricity.