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.

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.

Technology We’ve mastered acoustic levitation – and it is surprisingly useful Sonic tractor beams lift and manipulate objects with sound waves. They could be used to precisely deliver drugs ...

With the help of an optical device and laser beams, researchers at ETH Zurich have succeeded in keeping such objects almost completely motionless in levitation. This is significant when it comes ...

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 ...

Ultrasonic sound waves have been used to levitate objects in crowded rooms to make hologram-like displays. Such acoustic levitation was previously only practical in empty spaces, but a new ...

Sound exerts a small acoustic force and by turning up the volume of ultrasonic waves, too high pitched for humans to hear, scientists create a sound field strong enough to move small objects.