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Microwave Popcorn to Particle Accelerators: Magnetrons Show Promise as Radiofrequency Source
July 24, 2024
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, July 24 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release on July 23, 2024:

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The small but mighty gadget could help make massive research machines more efficient and enable future industrial applications. It has a pretty fascinating past, as well.

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A pocket-size gizmo that puts the "pop" in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of t . . .

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