On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.

A team of scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have created an ultrathin transistor unlike ...

To meet the growing demands of flexible and wearable electronic systems, such as smart watches and biomedical sensors, ...

This video explains how transistors work and how they are used to switch and amplify electrical signals in electronic ...

75 years ago this month, research scientists working at Bell Labs first created, then unveiled to the world a new device—the point contact transistor. Some call it the greatest invention of the 20th ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), cylindrical nanostructures made of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, have proved to be ...

The humble transistor - smaller than a speck of dust — has been made more than any other invention in history, powering ...

Duke Engineering researchers demonstrate the first fully recyclable, sub-micrometer printed electronics.

Researchers unveil a roadmap for 2D transistor gate stack design, marking a key step toward ultra-efficient chips that could ...

Let’s say you want to blink an LED. You might grab an Arduino and run the Blink sketch, or you might lace up a few components ...