if electromagnetic radiation started flowing in reverse, back toward its source, it could cause serious confusion. But this is just what Cesar Monzon, a Senior Scientist at Enig Associates, Inc., in Silver Spring, Maryland, has discovered. In a recent study, he theoretically demonstrates that, under special conditions of geometry, location, and frequency, power may flow backwards in the direction of its source. The study is published in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters.

http://www.physorg.com/news141394051.html

I dont understand it, indeed spooky, but sounds reminicent of tesla.

I'll have to read the article; I wonder if the net flow of energy is still outward and this is a localized effect.

Standing waves were mentioned in the comments and it got me wondering what properties standing EM waves would have?

Standing waves were mentioned in the comments and it got me wondering what properties standing EM waves would have?

 

Not that different from moving ones; you get them all the time in resonant cavities, e.g. some types of lasers