The 1950s were America’s most optimistic decade. The war was won, the economy was booming, and the atom had been split, which ...

Many of the daily items we use today are the result of decades of research, perseverance and good 'ole trial and error. For ages, inventors have sought to improve our ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950 On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would ...