Scientists are working on bringing a tractor beam from science fiction to reality. The researchers are planning to use beams of electrons to create opposite charges and attract object to the beam for ...

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem. When you purchase through links on our ...

Research in Hanspeter's Schaub's lab on real-life tractor beams is being highlighted in Live Science News. The technology, more officially called an electro-static tractor, is a project of Schaub's ...