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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Laser beam uses heated gas to move particles 100 times larger than optical tweezers can (in nextbigfuture.com)

Laser beam uses heated gas to move particles 100 times larger than optical tweezers.

This could be used when it's important not to contaminate materials, when the material is inside a sealed glass container, or for sample taking and biomedical research. Star Trek tractor beam - here we come!

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