Over the years, scientists and engineers have been able to make transistors tinier and tinier. With the invention of the integrated circuit, or microchip, in which thousands or millions of transistors ...

The transistor is the tiny invention that powers the modern world - but its creation was anything but simple. This video explores how a small group of engineers overcame impossible challenges to ...

Researchers at two Swedish universities recently unveiled the world's first electrical transistor built from conductive wood. While it performs nowhere near as well as modern silicon transistors, ...

Physicist William Shockley’s homecoming to a little-known region of California helped transform the area into a technology hub.

How the transistor helped create Silicon Valley Physicist William Shockley’s homecoming to a little-known region of California helped transform the area into a technology hub.