The researchers are drawing on one of the oldest tropes in science fiction: tractor beams like the ones the Starship Enterprise uses to safely move asteroids out of the way. Imagine this: In the ...

Don’t blame us for the click-baity titles in the source articles about this handheld “acoustic tractor beam”. You can see why the popular press tarted this one up a bit, even at the risk of ...

A laser can act as a "tractor beam", drawing small objects back toward the laser's source, scientists have said. It is known that light can provide a "push", for example in solar sails that propel ...

Don’t blame us for the click-baity titles in the source articles about this handheld “acoustic tractor beam”. You can see why the popular press tarted this one up a bit, even at t… ...

'Beam Me Up, Scotty': Tractor Beam Possible with Lasers . BBC News March 3, 2011 AP Photo. A laser can act as a "tractor beam", drawing small objects back toward the laser's source, scientists have ...

In an effort to make a futuristic tractor beam, ... Familiar in series such as Star Trek, the tractor beam is a device capable of shining a laser on to an object and drawing it towards you.

So, while these microscope tractor beams may not be thwarting the evil plans of some galactic ne’er-do-well any time soon, they’re exploring an exciting frontier of discovery all their own.