Pam Frost Gorder

Science Writer

 

A Nanoscale Tractor Beam June 26, 2008

Filed under: Physics, Technology — Pam @ 7:18 am

A laser beam can push a nanoscale particle away with the pressure of its photons, but the particle may also be drawn toward the light when other particles are nearby–like the “tractor beams” of science fiction–according to a theory in the June Physical Review B. Full story

 

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