On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
The Nobel Prize is considered the "Mount Everest of science." But it faces criticism over how winners are chosen, and may give a warped idea of scientific progress.
The Humboldt branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) sponsored four local middle school students to ...
The newly installed “2theXtreme” exhibit at Orlando Science Center takes those first activities then craftily spotlights mathematical properties. “They do a really good job of giving you an experience ...
A team at University of Massachusetts Amherst developed artificial neurons that fire in the same voltage range as living ...
Silicides—alloys of silicon and metals long used in microelectronics—are now being explored again for quantum hardware. But their use faces a critical challenge: achieving phase purity, since some ...
Researchers in McGill's Department of Physics have developed a new device that can trap and study DNA molecules without touching or damaging them. The device, which uses carefully tuned electric ...