Andrews can show that it's more than just theory: the two have successfully created an optical field that flipped the usual pressure and started pulling objects toward the light.

ENGADGET: Researchers build a working tractor beam, on a very small scale

Its optical properties might be modified by merely applying a magnetic field.

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Some experts in the field seriously question whether it is possible to develop materials capable of perfect lensing at optical frequencies.

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"We need very accurate high resolution images over a very wide field for the Dark Energy Survey" says Dr Peter Doel from UCL's Optical Science Laboratory.

BBC: Getting the measure of dark energy

To help customers optimize their overall technical architecture and adopt next-generation transport networks, Huawei conducted the world's first 2T WDM field trial and pan- European 400G field trial in 2012, and also unveiled a series of scientific research achievements in optical transmission.

ENGADGET: Huawei tests 2Tbps data transmission over Vodafone's German network, calls it a 'first'