An engineer's quest to fix radio interference in 1933 unexpectedly led to a monumental discovery. Karl Jansky's rotating ...

It’s been said that the best way to stifle creativity by researchers is to demand that they produce immediately marketable technologies and products. This is also effectively the story of Bell Labs, ...

Chemist and inventor Walter Lincoln Hawkins was as notable for his scientific achievements— which include inventing durable coating for phone cables — as he was for being Bell Labs’ first Black ...

The story of Bell Labs can’t be told without the pioneering Black inventors who worked at the legendary research company and charted a new path for diversity in science. The innovations of Bell Labs’ ...

The computing collection contains several schematics of the computer system X-66744, created by Samuel B. Williams and George Stibitz at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City. Williams and ...

This image was lost some time after publication. This story about the Bell Telephone Laboratories picturephone appeared in the August 24, 1956 Hutchinson News-Herald (Hutchinson, KS). The entire ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. In April 2025, several hundred ...

A recent event hosted by Nokia Bell Labs highlighted the past, present and future of the iconic company. The 100th anniversary celebration, held at the legendary Murray Hill campus, featured Nokia ...