Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible | KurzweilAI

Solar power without solar cells: A hidden magnetic effect of light could make it possible | KurzweilAI: "Until now, scientists thought the effects of the magnetic field were so weak that they could be ignored. What Rand and his colleagues found is that at the right intensity, when light is traveling through a material that does not conduct electricity, the light field can generate magnetic effects that are 100 million times stronger than previously expected. Under these circumstances, the magnetic effects develop strength equivalent to a strong electric effect."