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Micro Microwave Does Pinpoint Cooking for Miniaturized Labs

Caption: Photograph of the NIST micro microwave oven. The gold traces on the glass circle are microwave transmission lines. The 1.25 cm wide polymer block over the transmission line in the center houses a miniature chamber in which a pinhead-sized drop of fluid is heated.

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