Tractor Beam

Health MIT engineers create a tractor beam to manipulate cells from a distance

MIT’s chip-based optical tweezers offer a compact, sterile way to manipulate cells, advancing biological research without contamination.

Discoveries Scientists built the world’s first laser-powered tractor beam Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Scientists developing an actual tractor beam to clean up space junk Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Scientists just built an actual working tractor beam Joseph Shavit