Judge Smails
10-31-2007, 08:13 AM
on second thought . . .
MIT Researchers Improve `tractor Beam' (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5id7kvTMmyj_oMN3K1s3UFPAPsGRAD8SJQ6SO0)
Taking up the sci-fi staple of "tractor beams," scientists have developed a way to use light to grab and move minuscule particles on a microchip. The research could lead to fine-grained biological sensors and other precisely built nanoscale devices.
The work by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers could extend the possibilities for "optical tweezers" — super-focused beams of light that have been used for years to study and manipulate tiny biological structures or even individual atoms.
MIT Researchers Improve `tractor Beam' (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5id7kvTMmyj_oMN3K1s3UFPAPsGRAD8SJQ6SO0)
Taking up the sci-fi staple of "tractor beams," scientists have developed a way to use light to grab and move minuscule particles on a microchip. The research could lead to fine-grained biological sensors and other precisely built nanoscale devices.
The work by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers could extend the possibilities for "optical tweezers" — super-focused beams of light that have been used for years to study and manipulate tiny biological structures or even individual atoms.