Jul 20, 2024
New tractor beam technology could one day minimize biopsy trauma
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: particle physics, tractor beam
Researchers at TMOS, the ARC Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, have taken an important first step in the development of metasurface-enabled tractor beams—rays of light that can pull particles toward it, a concept that fictional tractor beams featured in science fiction are based on.