microwave oven: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: BBC - Is it safe to microwave food? Oct 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Healthline - Microwave Ovens and Health: To Nuke, or Not to Nuke? Jun 19, 2026
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at SHU - Thermodynamics of Water Superheated in the Microwave Oven (PDF). Feb 27, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Materials Research Express - Effect of non-thermal effects in microwave heating on the rheology and chemical properties of petroleum asphalt (PDF). Dec 13, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology - Smart Microwave Oven (PDF). Jun 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Microwave Ovens�Out of the Kitchen (PDF). Mar 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Simon Fraser University - Physics of the microwave oven (PDF). Feb 05, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Effect of Microwave Heating on the Acrylamide Formation in Foods. Dec 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Nutrition - Insight into the incredible effects of microwave heating: Driving changes in the structure, properties and functions of macromolecular nutrients in novel food. Sep 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Nutrition - Insight into the incredible effects of microwave heating: Driving changes in the structure, properties and functions of macromolecular nutrients in novel food. Sep 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Purdue University Extension - Microwave ovens. Jun 25, 2024
Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - A Brief History of the Microwave Oven. Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Microwave Ovens. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Microwave Ovens. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Edison Tech Center - Microwave Oven. Feb 06, 2023
Article revised and updated. Dec 19, 2022
Add new Web site: History of Microwave. Nov 17, 2022
Add new Web site: Live Science - Who Invented the Microwave Oven? Aug 30, 2022
Media added. Apr 07, 2016
Added video about microwaves and how microwave ovens work. Nov 24, 2015
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - The Microwave Oven: Percy Spencer. Apr 12, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - What If I Put Aluminum Foil In The Microwave? Feb 10, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Home and Garden - Microwave Tips: How to Use a Common Cooking Device. Nov 25, 2008
Added new Web site: Microtech - Microwave Oven. Nov 14, 2007
Added new Web site: Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation - Microwave Oven. Nov 14, 2007
Added new Web site: The Great Idea Finder - microwave oven. Nov 14, 2007
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Home and Garden - Microwave. Nov 14, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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