Light travels incredibly quickly. But just how fast is it? Microwaves and light waves move at the same speed, so if you have a microwave oven, you can work out the speed of light yourself.

Microwave photonics is the practical application of electromagnetic waves with a wavelength between one millimetre and one meter. Microwaves are important for communications, and systems for ...

Magnetrons cause electric charges to oscillate and emit microwaves — a more powerful form of radiation than the radio waves previously used for radar defences. The post-war period saw a ...

Light waves and microwaves are energy waves that travel at the same speed but have different wavelengths and frequencies. The distance between margarine melt patches is related to the wavelength ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. Huang Zhulin from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of ...

Here, we explore the science behind one of the most revolutionary household appliances of the 20th century. Microwaves are electromagnetic waves that fly through space at the speed of light.

Terahertz (THz) waves are located between microwaves and infrared light in the electromagnetic spectrum. They can pass ...

Josephson microwave microscopy integrating Josephson junctions onto a nanoprobe enables spectroscopic imaging of near-field ...

Falling firmly under the fascinating science category of ‘What if…?’ comes the idea of powering airplanes with beamed microwaves. Although the idea isn’t crazy by itself, since we can even ...