A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...

In this lesson, students search for transistor-based devices at school. They use the results of their search to explain the significance of the transistor in their lives. A transistor is a tiny device ...

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this ...

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Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...

In this lesson, students build two circuits and explore how transistors function. When Bell Labs introduced the transistor in June of 1948, a spokesman proudly announced "This cylindrical object . . .

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

A new breakthrough could make chips smaller, faster, and use less energy even for cold quantum devices. Find out more!

Flower power: IGT-based logic gates attached to the surface of orchid petals. (Courtesy: Jennifer Gelinas/Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new ion-driven transistor that can safely ...

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

A new magnetic transistor switches current ten times more strongly than silicon chips while operating at lower energy, and ...