Microwave technique allows energy-efficient chemical reactions
61 points by rolph 2 weeks ago | 2 comments

westurner 2 days ago
"Focused thermal energy at atomic microwave antenna sites for ecocatalysis" (2025) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4043
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vpribish 20 hours ago
that's so obvious in hindsight! was this really not discovered before?

oh, it goes back to the 1980's

https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i4/Microwave-Chemistry-Remai...

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