Tractor beam

By 2010, the population of satellites and other objects in orbit around Earth has grown immensely. (Credit: NASA)
The idea of an actual space tractor beam to help deal with space debris moves closer
By 2010, the population of satellites and other objects in orbit around Earth has grown
An optical tractor beam that is able to pull macroscopic objects
Researchers showed that laser light can be used to pull a macroscopic object toward it.
Levitating humans via an acoustic tractor beam?

Acoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike

What would you do with your own tractor beam?

After demonstrating the first acoustically driven tractor beam platform, researchers develop a simpler, cheaper version

Optical tractor beam holds bacteria for a superresolution closeup

Up to now, if scientists wanted to study blood cells, algae, or bacteria under the

From science fiction to reality – sonic tractor beam invented

The world’s first sonic tractor beams that can lift and move objects using soundwaves have

Physicists build reversible tractor beam

Laser physicists have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract objects, using a

Physicists create water tractor beam

Physicists at The Australian National University have created a tractor beam on water, providing a

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 gradually moving out of the realm of science fiction and into reality
Star Trek edges closer to reality: Tractor beam moves object using nothing but the power of ultrasound

Whenever a star ship was in distress, the Star Trek Enterprise could activate its tractor