microwave

One possible use would be reading out qubits without having to carry a microwave pulse from millikelvin temperatures all the way to room temperature.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

When you first step into South Hall, to your immediate right is “the bubble”—a barred enclosure fitted with chairs, a desk, a telephone, and a microwave.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

In addition, directed-energy weapons, such as high-energy lasers and high-power microwave systems, can be useful against incoming drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

As a result, the enhanced clustering does not create a stronger gravitational imprint on the cosmic microwave background.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

I stared at the enchilada dinner sitting inside the dark microwave.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

The frequency is similar to that of microwaves.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Because microwaves generate heat throughout the food, they promote vapor formation and help maintain internal pressure that keeps oil from being absorbed as easily.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026

Remember: home microwaves didn’t destroy the fast-food business.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

TeraView has commercialized terahertz technology, a kind of radiation operating between microwaves and infrared.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

At roughly the same time as Penzias and Wilson were investigating noise in their detector, two American physicists at nearby Princeton University, Bob Dicke and Jim Peebles, were also taking an interest in microwaves.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Inside an Omaha test kitchen, executives at Conagra recently huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

A home carer unintentionally fed an elderly woman microwaved dog food, an investigation has found.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

On New Year’s Eve, Amanda and I celebrated with nobody else, but watched the live feed from Times Square, while eating microwaved burritos in bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

The power of showing a Black love story from start to finish — despite the microwaved timeline — cannot be understated.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023

And so I zeroed in on my first goal of the day—getting to my first class without barfing up all my soggy, microwaved cereal.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

And there are darker sides to being viral: Some users on social media talked about microwaving NeeDohs to make them more pliable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The stereotypical bachelor computer programmer also enjoys having free restaurants to eat at, rather than sadly microwaving a burrito at home for dinner.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

The punishing heat wave microwaving Southern California is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region for the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

This android — one of two nameless leads in the Oscar-nominated charmer “Robot Dreams” — envisions a small, lonely dog in his third-floor walk-up, microwaving a depressing dinner for one.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Nearly everything in the store required microwaving or oven heating or scrupulous refrigeration or came in large, family-sized quantities.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson