3 scientists awarded Nobel Prize in physics
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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 usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.
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Nobel Prize for physics goes to 3 U.S. scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling
Clarke conducted his research at the UC, Berkeley, while Martinis worked at the UC Santa Barbara, and Devoret at Yale and UC Santa Barbara.
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