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It took nearly 6,400 years to go from the simple wheel to the first automobile, but only two decades from the first car to roll off the assembly line to the first aircraft to take to the skies. Such rapid developments in quality of life can only be attributed to the human spirit, an unstoppable force always in pursuit of improvement. Join Modern Sciences in celebrating the spirit of human ingenuity through its engineering feats.
Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around Neuralink? Two professors unpack the ethical issues
Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people’s lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues,…
New Tools Enable Precise Control of Cellular Organization and Signaling
At a Glance Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed innovative tools to address the challenge of…
The Blue LED Changed the World—But Making It Took Decades of Research.
The successful creation of blue LEDs led to a significant transformation in the lighting industry, enabling the development…
Replicating the Rain (For Science)
The world’s largest rainfall simulator, located in Tsukuba, Japan, is a crucial facility for studying and understanding the…
How can I get ice off my car? An engineer who studies airborne particles shares some quick and easy techniques
Condensation and cold combine to create that layer of ice on car windshields in winter. Tomasz Sienicki/Wikimedia Commons,…
Breakthrough Study Unveils Potential of “Magnonic” Computing
At a Glance The future of computing may be revolutionized by using magnons, which are ripples in magnetic…
What’s Wrong With 737 Max Planes?
On January 5th, 2024, a 737 Max plane suffered an incident when a door plug in the fuselage…
Can technology clean up our air? An atmospheric scientist got a glimpse of the future
Alastair Lewis, University of York Every few years I visit CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las…
New Study Unlocks Potential for Highly Efficient Green LEDs
At a Glance Color mixing, the process of combining different colors to create new ones, is crucial for…
Drone-zapping laser weapons now effective (and cheap) reality
Dragonfire laser system test firing. UK Ministry of Defence/wikipedia, CC BY-SA Gianluca Sarri, Queen’s University Belfast A single…