Comments on: What is a report/project I could do combining biology and physics? http://scholarship-applications.org/what-is-a-reportproject-i-could-do-combining-biology-and-physics/2010/03/17/ for you! Fri, 20 May 2011 20:53:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Euan R http://scholarship-applications.org/what-is-a-reportproject-i-could-do-combining-biology-and-physics/2010/03/17/comment-page-1/#comment-4755 Euan R Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:20:11 +0000 http://scholarship-applications.org/what-is-a-reportproject-i-could-do-combining-biology-and-physics/2010/03/17/#comment-4755 Here's a good one. "Optical tweezers." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_tweezers Some of this article is fairly technical in nature, so I don't expect you to fully understand all of what's in it, but there should be some good links at the bottom of the page. Basically what happens here is you use a laser to trap transparent particles in the beam. Often the particles are biological in nature, for example cells. The cells can then be manipulated and probed whilst remaining still, but can also be kept alive as you're not removing them. Here’s a good one. “Optical tweezers.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_tweezers

Some of this article is fairly technical in nature, so I don’t expect you to fully understand all of what’s in it, but there should be some good links at the bottom of the page.

Basically what happens here is you use a laser to trap transparent particles in the beam. Often the particles are biological in nature, for example cells. The cells can then be manipulated and probed whilst remaining still, but can also be kept alive as you’re not removing them.

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