Arrays of the tweezers could be combined to study multiple molecules and cells simultaneously, providing a high-throughput capability for assessing the effects of mechanical forces on a broad scale.

The distinctive advantage of light tweezers is that, unlike mechanical tweezers, they can exert forces or torques even when grabbing through transparent objects.

Kollipara co-authored a study on optical tweezers published August 2023 in Nature Communications, written just before he completed his PhD in mechanical engineering under fellow study co-author ...

The notable advantage of light tweezers is that, unlike mechanical tweezers, they can exert forces or torques even when grabbing through transparent objects. Computer-holographic optical tweezers ...

Ionel Popa, UWM professor of physics, demonstrates the magnetic tweezers he and his lab members built to measure the mechanical forces that act on proteins as they fold and refold. Proteins are ...

"Optical tweezers have many advantages, but they are limited because whenever the light captures objects, they heat up,” said Yuebing Zheng from the University's Walker Department of Mechanical ...

Everyday mechanical tweezers move objects around in space and come in handy whenever we need to manipulate something too tiny for our fingers. Light cannot be held with fingers, but “temporal ...

They used virtual reality to try out bionic tools like tweezers or wrenches as hand prosthetics. The participants felt as or even more embodied with these tools compared with a “natural” hand.