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    Light antennas?

    I found this article on CNN thismorning.

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science...eut/index.html

    It's pretty neat. I wonder if this will, once perfected, make solar cells capable of turning light in to electricity at a far greater efficency than is possible today.
    Anyone of the physically/quantumly inclined care to venture how well this might work?

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    People are complaining about that article here.
    Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

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    Here's a link to the AIP's Physics News Update article on this research. Since it's written by a scientist with some journalism training instead of a journalist with no science training it actually makes some sense. I find that AIP (and APS) releases are much better than anything you'll find on science in the mainstream press.

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