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microwaves

  1. Electromagnetic waves with a wavelength on the order of a few inches. Microwaves are longer than infrared radiation and shorter than radio waves . Microwaves are used extensively for communication, both in satellite television and for the transmission of long-distance telephone signals. In a microwave oven, food is cooked by the heat generated when the water in the food absorbs microwaves.


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The government has even introduced programmes like consumer goods trade-ins, where people can exchange their washing machines, microwaves and rice cookers.

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With the help of other inmates, he barricaded the entryway with washing and vending machines, then proceeded to smash all of the televisions, microwaves, sprinkler systems and ice machines.

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In the 1930s, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, who would go on to the Nobel Prize in Physics, did pioneering work on microwaves that led to the development of airborne radar systems.

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Able to be concealed in a backpack, the experts testified, “wave weapons†from sonic waves to microwaves may be responsible for more than 68 serious attacks, with some causing death.

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At DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory, scientists are using microwaves to heat hydrogen to 600°C, until it forms a plasma.

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