This video explains what transistors are and how they function as electronic switches and amplifiers. As a core component of ...

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...

On the centennial of modern quantum mechanics, the Nobel Committee awarded the year’s most prestigious physics prize to an ...

MIT engineers built a magnetic transistor from chromium sulfur bromide, promising smaller, faster electronics with built-in memory.

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After decades of setting the pace for tech and innovation, the U.S. is at risk of surrendering its lead in the race that will ...

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MIT researchers with colleagues from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague have used 2D CrSBr, a van der Waals ...

The smaller electronic components become, the more complex their manufacture becomes. This has been a major problem for the ...

Researchers now have a clearer picture of the chemical mechanisms underlying lithium-ion batteries—and it could lead to ...