Questions tagged [microwaves]

A kitchen appliance that heats food by dielectric heating accomplished with radiation used to heat polarized molecules in food.

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Does microwaved water kill plants?

I have seen this story a couple of times in my facebook newsfeed and it strikes me as highly unlikely. The story goes: Below is a Science fair project presented by a girl in a secondary school in Sussex. In it she took filtered water and divided…
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Is microwaving Styrofoam hazardous/toxic/unhealthy?

I have heard this mentioned many times throughout life. It is also number 5 in this article's list of Things you should never put in a microwave. But is it really bad to microwave Styrofoam? Specifically the claim that it can give you cancer or make…
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