After demonstrating the first acoustically driven tractor beam platform, researchers develop a simpler, cheaper version using 3-D printable parts and open-source electronic components for th... Read more
The world’s first sonic tractor beams that can lift and move objects using soundwaves have been built by a team that includes researchers at the University of Sussex. Tractor beams are myste... Read more
Laser physicists have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract objects, using a hollow laser beam that is bright around the edges and dark in its centre. It is the first long-distance... Read more
Physicists at The Australian National University have created a tractor beam on water, providing a radical new technique that could confine oil spills, manipulate floating objects or explain... Read more
Whenever a star ship was in distress, the Star Trek Enterprise could activate its tractor beam and drag the vessel to safety. And now, the technology is gradually moving out of the realm of... Read more
A team of scientists from Scotland and the Czech Republic has created a real-life “tractor” beam, as featured in the Star Trek movies, which for the first time allows a beam of light to attr... Read more
A layered design would split two key aspects of a light wave, enabling electromagnetic energy to pull objects Tractor beams, a staple of science fiction, may be moving closer to science fact... Read more
Researchers at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have now proven the theory Last year, we looked at three potential “tractor beam” technologies being ev... Read more
In a move that is sure to warm the hearts of those in the upper echelon of the Galactic Empire, researchers have taken tractor beams from the realm of science fiction to the realm of science... Read more