transistor
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The researchers showed that the same bacterial transistor could perform several logic operations depending on where it was positioned within a circuit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Modern chip development depends heavily on shrinking transistor components.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
A sailor with a transistor radio blaring from his back hip pocket passed near Ben and Mary Anne.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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For instance, the researchers built a bidirectional switch using two transistors that detect OC 12.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
More importantly, the devices demonstrated a combination that has been difficult to achieve in atomically thin transistors: very thin dielectric scaling, strong electrostatic control, and sustained carrier transport.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
For decades, much of the effort to improve transistors has centered on discovering better semiconductor materials or making devices smaller.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Couples were drinking and whispering on the grass, and the transistors were turned down.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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