A new class of fine jets referred to as Electrically Forced Jets (EFJ) and a new mode of atomization (the ball-cone) have been recently discovered by Dr. Suwan Jayasinghe and Prof. Mohan Edirisinghe of the Aerosol Science & Technology Research Group in the Materials Department. Their discovery is elucidated in the current issue of the Journal of Aerosol Science, Volume 35 of 2004, pages 233 to 243. These jets are obtained by subjecting fine volumes of highly dielectric and viscous liquids to an electric field. The discovery has questioned the well-established physical laws of classical Electrohydrodynamic Atomization (EHDA), resulting in the uncovering of novel physics. The Royal Society and EPSRC (GR/T 01600) have decided to fund this discovery to further understand the fundamental science and explore the possibilities of using this discovery for processing state-of-the-art advanced nano-materials, the former funding a joint project with Spain. Prof. Edirisinghe has been invited to present this work at the 2004 Annual Sessions of the American Ceramic Society, where he will also serve as a panel member of a Nanotechnology debate. In addition an invited paper authored by Prof. Edirisinghe and Dr. Jayasinghe will be published in the April 2004 American Ceramic Society special journal issue on Nanotechnology. Dr. Jayasinghe will also spearhead the organisation of a symposium on advanced jet-based processing sciences at the 2004 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (USA), which will be attended by Nobel Laureate Prof. John Fenn and a host of other academics of international repute from around the world.