Skittish about the stock market and credit crisis? There's another place to park your money: collectible tractors. The sector is growing like never before — it has even attracted European investors.

With as many Sci-Fi movies we've watched over the years, tractor beams weren't necessarily something we thought would be on the top of some researcher's list to make real in our world. Especially ...

Scientists may have discovered how to create a real-life tractor beam using electromagnetic radiation that can draw particles toward it. The result is something very akin to the tractor beam seen in ...

Tractor beams are a staple in science fiction. The hero inevitably gets stuck on the enemy’s beam, escapes a tractor beam, or uses a tractor beam to escape. And now science has caught up. The BBC ...

NEWCASTLE, Neb. (AP) — Anyone who thinks they’ve seen it all when it comes to tractor-related toys, collectibles and knickknacks hasn’t met Gene Blatchford. Most are familiar with mailboxes tricked ...

It may seem straight out of "Star Trek," but it's real: Scientists have created a sonic "tractor beam" that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air. The sonic tractor beam ...