贝尔实验室建立70年来一直是美国首屈一指的企业研究机构,它曾研究出晶体管、激光器、太阳能电池和第一颗通讯卫星,发明了存声电影,创立了射电天文学并为“大爆炸”宇宙创生学提供了重要理论依据。原先有人担心贝尔实验室在失去其母公司(美国电话电报公司)提供的巨大财源后可能会沦为一个默默无闻的工业研究机构,然而今天新泽西北部贝尔实验室 Bell Laboratories has been the leading US research institution for 70 years since its establishment. It has studied transistors, lasers, solar cells, and the first communications satellite, invented audio-storage films, created radio astronomy and created the “Big Bang” universe. Bioscience provides an important theoretical basis. Some people were initially worried that Bell Labs might become an obscure industrial research institution after losing the huge financial resources provided by its parent company (ATX). However, today’s Northern New Jersey Bell Labs