The 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics went to William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen for the invention of the transistor. But these talented scientists did not act alone. Their success ...

The integrated chip greatly improved the use for transistors, but it could only do what it was originally programmed to do. It couldn't change programs, and it certainly couldn't remember anything ...

The transistor is made from a recently invented ... The researchers behind the invention admit there's a long way to go before these transistors can be used in real devices. Creating one device ...

This team has created a transistor that itself is programmable ... so the team doesn’t expect their new invention to outright replace all transistors in the future, and they also note that ...

Transistors are no doubt one of humankinds greatest inventions. However, the associated greatness brings with it unprecedented complexity under the hood. To fully understand how a transistor works ...

It is widely agreed, for instance, that William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the first transistor in 1947. Such inventions and discoveries were based on research conducted ...

The Cité des Sciences invites you to (re)discover an object that revolutionized our daily lives: the radio! From May 6 to November 2, 2025, learn all the secrets of this wonderful invention.