Browsing Category
Engineering
536 posts
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.
Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all
The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori…
NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made
NASA’s SPHEREx observatory undergoes integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in April 2024. NASA/JPL-Caltech/BAE Systems…
How Cable-Stayed Bridges Stay Up
Cable-stayed bridges offer an optimal balance of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and aesthetics. Unlike suspension bridges, they eliminate the need…
Woolly mice are cute and impressive – but they won’t bring back mammoths or save endangered species
Colossal Biosciences Emily Roycroft, Monash University US company Colossal Biosciences has announced the creation of a “woolly mouse”…
Maybe Watch Out a Bit More For Car Theft
Hyundai and Kia vehicles from 2015 to 2019 lacked an essential anti-theft feature called an immobilizer, making them…
Getting the Gas to Consumers
Unlike water utilities operating locally, natural gas must travel vast distances from production sites to consumers. This requires…
Are Dams Built to Last Forever?
Dams provide essential services like hydropower and flood control but inevitably trap sediment, reducing reservoir capacity over time.…
Carbon capture and storage: how to remove all CO₂ emissions everywhere all at once
Benjamin Clapp/Shutterstock José Luis Rodríguez Gallego, Universidad de Oviedo It is increasingly likely that we will not reach…
Nose-to-tail mining: how making sand from ore could solve a looming crisis
Thanagornsoisep/Shutterstock Daniel Franks, The University of Queensland Every year, the world consumes around 50 billion tonnes of sand,…
Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate
Kshitij Sabnis, Queen Mary University of London The US aerospace company Boom Supersonic recently announced it has successfully…