The transistor laser invented by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has now been found to possess fundamental non-linear characteristics that are new to a transistor and ...

A team of engineers from the University of Illinois unveiled an upgrade to a transistor laser that can be used to increase computer processor speeds and form two stable energy states with the ability ...

An artist’s rendering of a fullerene switch with incoming electron and incident red laser light pulses. (Image: Yanagisawa et al. CC-BY) Over 70 years ago, physicists discovered that molecules emit ...

Nearly every piece of technology you use—from smartphones to computers—relies on one revolutionary component: the transistor.

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Fast switching: the Hybrid Photonics Labs at Skoltech where the new optical transistor was created. (Courtesy: Skoltech) A new optical transistor has been designed by researchers in Russia, ...

One of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for the humble transistor. This building block of all modern ...

Researchers have reported a black phosphorus transistor that can be used as an alternative ultra-low power switch. A research team developed a thickness-controlled black phosphorous tunnel ...

In the hacker and DIY community, there are people who have exceptional knowledge and fantastic tools. These people are able to do what others could only dream about, and that others can only browse ...

A Planet Analog article, “2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor?” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old transistor and how it’s commonly used, and if any uncommon uses might exist.