Inside a new levitation device, ultrasonic sound waves can push and pull several particles in different directions simultaneously. This kind of technology could someday allow completely hands-off construction of small electronics or manipulation of medical devices inside the body.

Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/these-sound-waves-can-levitate-and-move-particles-new-ways

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Story: Maria Temming

Production: Mike Denison

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Asier Marzo, Bruce Drinkwater 2018

Music “Robins Egg Blue” by Podington Bear
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Citation: A. Marzo and B.W. Drinkwater. Holographic acoustic tweezers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online the week of December 17, 2018. 10.1073/pnas.1813047115.

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