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 ...

Virginia-based Jefferson Lab is leading a project to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

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

When you stand inside your kitchen and look around, you can spot several modern inventions that make your cooking adventures faster or easier. But very few beat the efficiency and convenience of a ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Abstract: An improved all-cavity extraction relativistic magnetron (ACE-RM) is proposed and investigated in depth in this letter. To reduce the energy deposition density to avoid anode plasma ...

Harry Boot was born on 29th July 1917. He pursued his higher education at the University of Birmingham, where he embarked on a journey that would lead to one of the most significant scientific ...

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - A pocket-size gizmo that puts the “pop” in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future. The small but mighty device is a magnetron – a mashup of the words ...

Here is an update about some additional activities I participated in this last April and May as IEEE President. On April 17 I was able to visit the IEEE offices in downtown New York City, which ...