The first electronic computer was built during the 1940s by John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics and mathematics at Iowa State University, and one of his students, Clifford E. Berry. But the ...

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, ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, he developed the PLATO computer system, which combined instant messaging, email, chat rooms and gaming on flat-screen plasma displays. By Michael S. Rosenwald Donald Bitzer, an ...

Neuromorphic computing aims to replicate the functional architecture of the human brain by integrating electronic components that mimic synaptic and neuronal behaviours. Central to this endeavour are ...

A recently uncovered artifact in a Western Han dynasty tomb in western China has sparked international debate and curiosity after researchers claimed it might represent the earliest known example of a ...