
Researchers break spinning world record
St Andrews achievement appears in Guinness Book of Records
St Andrews achievement appears in Guinness Book of Records
Two students awarded prestigious prizes for their studies.
St Andrews physicists feature on Radio 4's Frontiers
CAPTION: Cross section along a reconstructing Bessel beam. The beam propagates from left to right. The beam is blocked at the marked position and is seen to reform a short distance later.
Imagine a beam of light that can trap and manipulate microscopic objects like the tractor beam in Star Trek. Science fiction? No, science fact, thanks to the 'optical tweezers' used at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews.
PICTURE CREDIT: The University of St Andrews