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 "magnetic" and ...

Clearly, as your bog standard microwave oven can only handle at most one kilowatt; the ‘oven’ needed a bit of an upgrade. A 16 kW water-cooled magnetron. Why not over-drive it to 20 kW for fun?

The COMFEE CM-M093ARD is indisputably the best retro microwave oven you can add to your kitchen for that vintage touch. First, it comes in a sleek and compact design, with a vibrant ruby color ...

Matthew Kressy likes to think that he owns a first-rate microwave. The founding director of MIT’s integrated design and management program, Kressy lets his experience inventing gadgets guide his ...

A component called a magnetron emits microwaves through a metal tube called a guide, which sends the waves bouncing around the oven’s metal cavity. (Metal reflects microwaves.) ...