The transistor starts to shine when Texas Instruments asks Regency to make a radio for more mobile listening.
The Department of Energy is announcing Tuesday that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have had a major scientific breakthrough.
It’s responsible for the transistor, information theory, pioneering satellite work and more.
Bell Labs was the research arm of AT&T, a monopoly at the time the transistor was invented.
In New England and other northeastern states where heating oil is a common fuel, it’s going to cost more to stay warm this winter.
Migrants fleeing Haiti for greener economic pastures in the U.S. often face difficulties finding employment and adequate housing.
The transistor was born in 1947 at Bell Labs in New Jersey. We’re looking into the culture of innovation that made it possible.
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Federal regulators fined the platform $70 million last year for misleading customers into potentially risky stock trades. The company is now hoping to lure new users with its fee-free individual retirement accounts.
The law could help people with arrest or conviction records who are applying for jobs or seeking housing, says David Harding of UC Berkeley.
