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The tiny invention that powers the digital age

From smartphones to the internet, nearly every modern technology depends on the transistor—a microscopic electronic switch ...
In its heyday, starting in the 1940s, the lab created a cascade of inventions, including the transistor, information theory ...
Most web designers will be fine. Many secretaries won’t. Women largely hold the most vulnerable occupations. Look up your job ...
We’re talking about future inventions ideas for students to explore, the kind of stuff that sounds like science fiction but ...
What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Andy Weir, who also penned The Martian, Amazon ...
But it will never come to pass if overregulation deters innovators from taking the risks necessary to advance the ball.” With his support for the Railway Safety Act, however, Vance has embraced ...
Leading child psychiatrist known for developing a simple questionnaire (SDQ) to determine the state of a young person’s mental health ...
Australia has shown it can invent. The question is whether we are prepared to lift our sights and organise ourselves to build ...
A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner ...
A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.
Jess and Morgs, the creators of weird and wonderful works that blur the boundaries between live performance and digital, have ...
Prosecutors say Gökçe Güven invented deals with Nike and Godiva and forged contracts with fake businesses to grow her rewards ...