Levitating particles with silent sound waves | Science News
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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 CREDITS Story: Maria Temming Production: Mike Denison Video Asier Marzo, Bruce Drinkwater 2018 Music "Robins Egg Blue" by Podington Bear https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 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.