If you ever had the occasion to visit Bell Labs at Murray Hill, New Jersey, or any of the nearby satellite sites, but you didn’t work there, you were probably envious. For one thing, some of the most ...

This story was originally published in January 2024 and has been updated with additional information. Mario Romero worked at one of the busiest, most high-profile research laboratories in the world ...

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 ...