The microwave oven traces its origins not to culinary innovation but to wartime radar research. During World War II, scientists developed the cavity magnetron, a device capable of generating powerful ...

Researchers at the DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are advancing two high-stakes projects ...

Let’s talk about how microwaves actually work, which we have a whole video about, but here’s the tldw version: this thing, a “magnetron”, sends out relatively low-frequency electromagnetic waves known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Closed microwave on kitchen counter - New Africa/Shutterstock When you stand inside your kitchen and look around, you can spot ...

Nanocavities are nanometre-scale structures for trapping light. Concentrating light into such a small volume increases the strength of light–matter interactions, and can alter the spontaneous emission ...