Simple microwave habits prevent costly $1,000 repairs by protecting the magnetron from empty runs, metal damage, and overheating stress.

Always check for a microwave safe mark before microwaving. In general, avoid placing anything made with metal or aluminum, ...

There's a widely reported claim that you can't heat something hotter than the sun using sunlight: https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/ The idea seems to be that no (passive ...

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.

Q: I’ve been putting my medication on top of my microwave oven for many years. It’s convenient and I never forget them. Does the microwave have any effect on my medication? A: It might, only from the ...

The Adventurer is a portable battery-powered microwave the size of a Thermos. Campers, hikers, and anyone else away from the grid can make a hot meal in minutes without a fire. Camp cooking could get ...

Researchers funded by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research have invented a new type of magnetron that may be used to defeat enemy electronics. A magnetron is type of vacuum tube used as the ...

The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the home microwave oven. The ovens were first sold for home use by Amana Corporation in 1967, but they had actually been used for commercial food ...