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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have built a real-life tractor beam that can pull actual objects using nothing but light. But it has one big drawback: it’s absolutely tiny. Despite its still tiny size, the new tractor ...

The quest for a real life tractor beam continues, with a 2-micrometer-thick silicon light bender. The silicon metasurface changes a solid beam into a triple spiral one that can pick up particles.

Scientists built a working tractor beam—the first example of one that pulls objects visible to the naked eye. The tests were in highly controlled laboratory experiments. A tractor beam like this one ...

The annual Farm Toy celebration rolls through Dyersville. (Photo by KMCH's Janelle Tucker) A parade of tractors rolled through Dyersville this weekend as part of the annual Farm Toy celebration. Jerry ...