On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.

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 ...

The primary work of an experimental model basin is the estimation, with reasonable accuracy, of the resistance and horse-power of full-sized ships from experiments with small and inexpensive models.