The transistor is the unsung hero of modern life — powering everything from smartphones to satellites. But how did it begin?

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 ...

New research from the WISE group (Wearable, Intelligent, Soft Electronics) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU-WISE) has ...

A transistor is a tiny but powerful electronic component that acts like a switch or an amplifier. It is made from a semiconductor material, usually silicon, and has three legs for connection to ...

The first transistor was successfully demonstrated at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in 1947. This three-terminal device has spawned many of the electronics devices that make possible ...

The future began 75 years ago this week with the invention of something small that’s considered the most manufactured item in human history. Odds are, you are surrounded by them right now. The ...

Engineers from MIT say that stacking circuit components on top of each other could be the answer to creating more ...

In recent years, electronics engineers have been trying to identify semiconducting materials that could substitute for ...

Flexible, hydrogel-based transistors that can host living cells point to a new class of bio-integrated electronics, blurring ...

Intelligent soft switching with AI support promises to reduce switching losses in power transistors by up to 95 per cent.