microwave
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In 1967, a household countertop microwave made its debut; it cost less than $500.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Eleven U.S. innovations, such as cornflakes, the implantable pacemaker and the microwave, were born from accidental discoveries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Upcoming galaxy surveys, cosmic microwave background studies, and gravitational wave detectors are reaching the sensitivity needed to examine ideas that were once purely theoretical.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
Arno Penzias at Bell Labs won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering “cosmic microwave background radiation” from the Big Bang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
It was like traveling in a tumble dryer and microwave oven combined.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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