WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tractor beam, a staple of science fiction including "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" that is employed to grab spaceships and other things remotely, is entering the realm of ...

Scientists may have discovered how to create a real-life tractor beam using electromagnetic radiation that can draw particles toward it. The result is something very akin to the tractor beam seen in ...

WASHINGTON – Tractor beams, energy rays that can move objects, are a science fiction mainstay. But now they are becoming a reality -- at least for moving very tiny objects. Researchers from the ...

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There's no escaping it: Though the tractor beam is a staple of sci-fi space-faring scenarios, it's also extremely counter-intuitive. How does one pull something in via an outward-shooting beam? A few ...

An ever-handy device, a tractor beam from a Galaxy-class starship holds the small Delta Flyer spacecraft in place on "Star Trek: Voyager." Got a derelict spaceship you need to tow back to star base?

First researchers created a tractor beam that levitates, pulls and pushes objects, just like in Star Trek. Then they modified the design so you can make one at home. Eric Mack has been a CNET ...

SCIENCE fiction is turning into science fact as researchers reveal they've developed Star Trek-style tractor beams that could move humans. The beams have only been tested on a small 2cm strip of ...

‘Tractor beams’ of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction. Scientists have now demonstrated how a tractor beam can in fact be realized on a small scale. 'Tractor beams' of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A researcher holding a device composed of 64 miniature loudspeakers that generate an ultrasonic (40Khz) acoustic field that traps ...