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News about microwaves, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Microwave Is Redirected to Kill Shipboard Pests
 A researcher has discovered a unique use for your microwave oven fighting invasive species.
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Gauging Age of Universe Becomes More Precise
Two additional years of data from a NASA satellite have narrowed the uncertainty in the age of the universe by tens of millions of years.
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Food Stuff: How Hard Is It to Boil an Egg? (It's Becoming Easier)
Florence Fabricant tests new microwave egg boiler from Nordic Ware; photo (Food Stuff column)
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Light Fantastic: Flirting With Invisibility
 Physicists are constructing materials that bend light the ?wrong? way, an optical trick that could lead to sharper-than-ever lenses or even make objects disappear.
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The Claim: Microwave Ovens Kill Bacteria in Food
 Many people rely on the microwave oven to make their food safe to eat, but is it enough?
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In a Yale Dining Hall, Independent Study at the Microwave
 A monthly column in the Yale Daily News offers tips for gourmet cooking with items from the dining room buffet, a few condiments and a microwave oven.
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REALLY?
Research finds that microwave cooking does not destroy nutrients in food; drawing
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FOOD STUFF; A Chef's Specialties, Fresh From the Microwave
New packaging technology allows supermarkets to sell fresh main dishes that can be cooked in minutes in microwave; raw and par-cooked ingredients are combined so that everything emerges cooked to perfection; assessment of offerings from D'Agostino and Whole Foods; photos
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2 Americans Win Nobel in Physics
 The astronomers uncovered evidence about the origin of the universe and how it grew into galaxies.
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REALLY?
Research shows that using plastic wrap and food containers in microwave will not expose person to dioxins; drawing
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COMPANY NEWS; CALIFORNIA AMPLIFIER IS ACQUIRING VYTEK
California Amplifier Inc, maker of communications microwave equipment, reports sharply higher third-quarter net income and says it will acquire Vytek Corp in stock deal valued at $76.8 million; says net income rose to $3.5 million in third quarter ended Nov 30 from $905,000 year earlier; sales rose to $44.2 million from $24 million year ago
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VITAL SIGNS: NUTRITION; Cooking Broccoli, Out of the Box
Dr Cristina Garcia-Viguera, working with colleagues at University of Murcia at Espinardo (Spain), finds that broccoli cooked in microwave loses 74 to 97 percent of beneficial antioxidants; suggests in report published in Jouranl of Science of Food and Agriculture that health conscious individuals steam broccoli; drawing
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Universe as Doughnut: New Data, New Debate
New detailed map of early universe suggests that universe could be radically smaller in one direction than the other and that it may even be shaped like a doughnut; doughnut universe would force cosmologists to reconsider their theories about what happened in earliest moments after Big Bang, since those theories predict infinite universe; there is even hint that if one were to travel far and fast in direction of constellation Virgo, one would return to Earth from opposite direction; data is pro...
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Technology Briefing | Hardware: Innocent Plea In Export Case
Qing Chang Jiang, Chinese citizen charged with illegally shipping missile guidance technology to China's military, pleads not guilty in federal court in California; Qing was arrested on Jan 10 and charged with violating export code; prosecutors say Qing, sole American employee of EHI Group USA/Araj Electronics, shipped microwave amplifiers to Hebei Far-East Harris Co in Shijianzhuang, China, with out license; amplifiers may be used to increase accuracy of intercontinental ballistic missiles
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WHAT'S NEXT; Radio Transmitters to Follow the Bouncing Soccer Ball
Hanno Reinert of Cairos Technologies proposes replacing human eyes with electronic signals to judge soccer games; system developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Erlangen, Germany, relies on tiny microwave radio transmitters carrying rechargeable batteries built into players' shin pads and the ball; receiving antennas create virtual three-dimensional grid and computer figures out location of ball and players by analyzing signal delays; plan is to run test games with system, ...
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