Sci-Fi inspired tractor beam helps researchers boldly go where none have gone before

Solstice Media
3 min readOct 30, 2018

A light driven energy trap similar to tractor beams used to capture spaceships in science fiction movies such as Star Trek and Star Wars has been developed by researchers in South Australia.

Dr Philip Light and the atomic chamber used to create the infrared tractor beam. Picture: Jennie Groom.

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