Record-Breaking “Hot Jupiter” Exoplanet Is Spiraling Towards Its Doom
Astronomers looking out to the sky have spotted an exoplanet that proves to break some records; in fact,…
New Recyclable Thermoset Polymer Is Based Off of Wood Lignin
Materials scientists and engineers would be the first to tell you that there are primarily two kinds of…
Reusable and Freezable Hydrogels Skip the Need for Ice Cubes
Some of you may have heard of those reusable ice packs that people sometimes put in their drinks…
Newly-Found “Propeller Star” Is the Fastest-Spinning White Dwarf Ever Found
Much like the planets that surround it, our own Sun also rotates around its axis. In fact, the…
Why Are Glass Windows Transparent?
Surely you’ve gone and looked out the window at some point in your life; perhaps in a car,…
Addressing the Future of Solid-State Batteries Using Electrochemical Pulses
Dreaming of a future wherein humanity has begged off fossil fuels entirely in favor of completely electrical systems…
Scientists Made “Soft” Robots By Blowing Them Up Like Bubbles
If you’ve ever been a kid at some point in your life, chances are you’ll know the true…
Supersaurus May Have Been the Longest Dinosaur to Have Ever Lived
An otherwise standard meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology this year is making waves in science news…
The Moon May Be Hiding Solid Carbon Dioxide On Its Surface Through “Cold Traps”
The Moon may be the closest celestial body to Earth, but it still hides several secrets both on…
Where Does Gold Come From? Black Holes With Accretion Disks, Scientists Think
Earlier this year we at Modern Sciences did a piece on how the work of two bored astronomers…