Just days after the US imposed yet another round of sanctions aimed at curbing China’s quantum technology, China announced that a core component in the field no longer needs to be bought overseas, ...

Researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich and the Politecnico di Milano are developing a new type of computer component that is more powerful and easier to manufacture than its predecessors. Inspired by the ...

In 1964, after considerable delay, the U.S. Patent Office granted a patent to J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly for "an electronic numerical integrator and computer," as embodied in the ENIAC ...

Buying PC components at a store like Best Buy or Micro Center is easy. You pick what you want and take it to the register. You'll usually have the option to purchase a warranty, or at least to take ...

A computer component that uses vibrations rather than electrons could approach the physical lower limit for energy use when processing and sending information. The minimum amount of energy needed for ...

If you've ever been computer shopping, you'll undoubtedly have heard the term RAM thrown around willy-nilly. You might know a few things about RAM, such as that it's one of the most important parts in ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Jes Burns, was originally published by OPB. A honey ...

The most common repairs to laptop and desktop computers are motherboards, power supplies, hard drives, and other major components. The cost and time required to repair PCs often makes it more ...

Just turning on a computer is enough to get the fan to run continuously. Computer fans constantly run during normal use to cool computer components and prevent overheating. Many computers produce ...