March 2, 2023 Scientists push the boundaries of manipulating light at the submicroscopic level type='text/javascript'> googletag. display('div-gpt-ad-1449240174198-2'); }); > beam of light can not only be confined to a spot which is 50 times smaller than its own wavelength, but that also—in a first of its kind—the spot can be moved by miniscule amounts at the point where the light is confined. ""Looking to the future, in principle, it could lead to the manipulation of micro and nanometer-sized objects, including biological particles—or perhaps the sizeable enhancement of the sensitivity resolution of microscopic sensors