Category Archives: Optical Tweezers

This chip-based “tractor-beam,” which uses an intensely focused beam of light to capture and manipulate biological particles without damaging the cells, could help biologists study the mechanisms of diseases. Credits: Credit: Sampson Wilcox, RLE Topics: Biology, Biotechnology, Optical Tweezers, Research MIT researchers have developed a miniature, chip-based “tractor beam,” like the one that captures theContinue reading “Tiny Tractor Beam…”