Like many lonely children, Lucas Rizzotto had an imaginary friend: a talking microwave called Magnetron. As the years passed, the pals drifted apart. But Rizzotto never forgot about Magnetron. When ...

Magnetron technology, developed over decades, remains a cornerstone in the generation of high-power microwaves for a diverse range of applications. By utilising the interaction of electrons with ...

Discover the fascinating science behind microwave ovens in this video as MinuteFood explains how microwaves heat food using electromagnetic waves. Learn about the role of the magnetron, standing waves ...

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 ...

In a story ripped right out of Terminator, but with the slightly funnier twist that the killer robot is a microwave oven, one self-professed “Mad Scientist” is asking a very important question: how ...

This article was produced for RFHIC by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine's board of editors. RFHIC's co-founder and CEO, David Cho (left), and RFHIC's co-founder ...

It may seem like a holdout against the solid-state world, but the vacuum-tube magnetron is still at the heart of every consumer microwave oven and many commercial ones used for cooking or drying.