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University of Texas: Optical Tweezer Technology Tweaked to Overcome Dangers of Heat
June 26, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, June 26 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on June 25, 2021:

Three years ago, Arthur Ashkin won the Nobel Prize for inventing optical tweezers, which use light in the form of a high-powered laser beam to capture and manipulate particles. Despite being created decades ago, optical tweezers still lead to major breakthroughs and are widely used today to study biological systems.

However, optical tweezers do have flaws. The . . .

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