The light from the tractor beam is able to penetrate barriers that protect samples from contamination, making testing and treatment potentially safer.

Schaub noted space tractor beams might not be the stuff of science fiction for long. With the right funding, he predicts that his team would be ready to launch a prototype electrostatic tractor into ...

For centuries, farmers have turned to almanacs — part guide, part inspiration — to navigate the seasons and plan for what's ahead. Tractor Beam is a new kind of almanac — a Future Farmer's ...

This Fortnite Week 10 quest guide shows players how to use the Grab-itron or Saucer tractor beam to deliver a tractor to Hayseed's farm.

The hand-held tractor beam looks fun, but it also has scientific uses. A levitated object behaves similarly to an object in microgravity.

A "tractor beam" that can reach out, trap and move objects has been developed by British scientists. But while fictional tractor beams of the kind depicted in Star Trek can ensnare a giant spaceship, ...

The beam can even pull objects from above, just like the tractor beams that aliens spacecraft use to abduct human subjects for their terrifying experiments.

Australian researchers have developed a Star Trek-style tractor beam that uses laser to move objects - an achievement described as a 'holy grail' ...

Powerful new tractor beam could allow for Star Wars levitation and even let people float, scientists claim Until now, scientists thought such tricks could only be used on tiny objects ...

A real-life miniature version of the "tractor beam" featured in the Star Trek series has been created by a team of scientists which could be used in medical testing. Although light manipulation ...

Research predicts the science-fiction mainstay of "tractor beams", showing that precisely-shaped laser beams can draw small particles backward.