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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...