Star-Trek physics getting real - Physicists create "tractor beam"

[Hellbound]

But the question, Mr. Brown, is how many parsecs it takes you to finish the Bessel run.

 

[Weak Kitten]

So could there be practical applications for this? Like using it for manipulating really tiny parts in a machine or doing micro-scale surgery?

 

[fuelair]

So could there be practical applications for this? Like using it for manipulating really tiny parts in a machine or doing micro-scale surgery?

My suspicion is more like nano-scale Nano, Nano Orson!!!!!