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> "What if all you need to do is shine light on a material, and this new state comes into being?" Wonder if it's related to photosynthesis?

• semi-extrinsic 7y ago
  It's not. Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction where light provides energy and that only involves gas, liquid and solid states of matter. These guys are talking about entirely different states of matter.
  • codeulike 7y ago
    I seem to remember there were some mysteries around how photosynthesis works. Although looking at wikipedia it seems quite comprehensively mapped out now
  • blix 7y ago
    This experiment only involves solids. The new phase is a different electronic structure of the same crystal.