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Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills. Microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste
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Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills. Microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When the computer or phone you’re using right now blinks its last blink and you drop it off for...

Using microwave energy to cut carbon fiber production energy costs
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Using microwave energy to cut carbon fiber production energy costs

A layer-by-layer cycle of susceptor coating deposition and B schematic representation of the microwave heating setup used in this study. Credit: Advanced Composites...

Nondestructive microwave radar finds moisture hiding inside a building’s walls
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Nondestructive microwave radar finds moisture hiding inside a building’s walls

ORNL researchers set up instruments to direct microwave radar toward a sample of particle board, which represents the first inside layer, or sheathing,...