Tractor beams are a staple in science fiction. The hero inevitably gets stuck on the enemy’s beam, escapes a tractor beam, or uses a tractor beam to escape. And now science has caught up. The BBC ...

With as many Sci-Fi movies we've watched over the years, tractor beams weren't necessarily something we thought would be on the top of some researcher's list to make real in our world. Especially ...

Electric tractors are on their way to work in rural Oregon. They are part of a project to expand electrification in the transportation sector, a demonstration to prove out operational and other ...

It may seem straight out of "Star Trek," but it's real: Scientists have created a sonic "tractor beam" that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air. The sonic tractor beam ...