Transistors

Tech

The Smallest Radio Receiver Ever Is Made from Imperfections in Diamonds

12.17.16

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Moore’s Law Is About To Be Reborn

07.24.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

New Chemical Assembly Process Opens Door to Atomically Thin Electronics

07.11.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

This Guy Built His Very Own Artisanal Computer Processor

07.04.16

By Michael Byrne
Music

Christchurch’s Transistors Are Sick of Hyped Auckland Bands

08.23.15

By Max Oldfield
Tech

This Man Is Building a 10-Metre-Wide Computer Processor Because Dreams Are Real

06.24.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

The Siliconless Valley? Clear, Organic Transistors Are Speeding Up

01.11.14

By Ben Richmond
Tech

IBM Patented a One Atom-Thick Graphene Transistor That Works 1,000 Times Faster Than Silicon

02.25.13

By Brian Merchant

The Latest

Screenshot

Ik Had een Maand Lang een AI Vriendje.

8 minutes ago

By Tal Ben Yakir
Robert Knight Archive/Redferns

Music

4 of the Best Literary References in 1990s Rock

These four 90s rock songs feature some great literary references you may never have thought could be turned into a song.

25 minutes ago

By Lauren Boisvert
Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images

Life

NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Test Worked Even Better Than Expected

The impact didn’t just alter the asteroid’s local orbit. It slightly shifted the entire system’s path around the Sun.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
Photosvit/Getty Images

Life

Start Wearing Headphones on Planes or You’ll Get Blacklisted

Gone are the days of judging people from afar for their bad taste in YouTube and TikTok content on United Airlines flights.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
Fania Witardiana/Getty Images

Life

Brain-Invading Rat Lungworms Are Lurking in California

Officials say the risk to the general public remains low, but the discovery suggests the worm’s geographic range in the U.S. may be expanding.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada