The bizarre technology is called acoustic levitation, and it's poised to deliver advances in pharmacology, chemistry more broadly, and even robotics.

There are actually many different forms of levitation including something called acoustic levitation, which uses powerful sound waves to trap objects in mid-air.

Researchers have come up with a new way to cause objects to levitate using sound waves alone, an impressive feat of mixed-reality technology.

Researchers from the U.K, and Spain have found a way to levitate up to 25 different objects using sound. One day these 'acoustic tweezers' could create three-dimensional pixel displays in mid-air ...

A new study shows that using the world's most powerful acoustic tractor beam, it's possible to stably levitate objects larger than the wavelength of sound.

Researchers at the University of Sussex have developed SoundBender, a technology that bends sound waves around obstacles to acoustically levitate objects above them.

Advances in technology have led to the miniaturization of many mechanical, electronic, chemical and biomedical products, and with that, an evolution in the way these tiny components and parts are ...

Above – A styrofoam particle of 1.6cm (1.88 wavelengths of sound) trapped in the center of a “tornado” of ultrasonic waves. University of Bristol This could enable production lines where delicate ...

No smoke, no mirrors, just sound was all scientists needed to levitate objects in midair. NPR reports that researchers at the University of Tokyo have ...