Professor Xiang Zhang's research group has won an R&D Magazine Micro/Nano 25 Award for the demonstration of the first superlens at optical frequencies. The award recognizes the optical superlens as one of the top 25 most innovative nanotechnology products of 2006. Zhang reported what he called a "Superlens" in the April 2005 Issue of Science, which allows never-before-seen detail by essentially recovering light waves that are lost in traditional lenses. "In a regular lens you can transmit only part of the spectrum of the waves," he says. "One type of wave cannot pass through to the image. The superlens has the capability to enhance or amplify this wave ... then the image has a much sharper resolution."