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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.
Quantum Computers on the Verge of Surpassing Classical Machines, IBM Experiment Shows
A recent experiment by IBM scientists has provided evidence that quantum computers could surpass classical computers in practical…
Breakthrough in Microscope Technology Boosts Quantum Research
Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, have discovered a method to create single atomic vacancies…
What was the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of the Titan submersible? An expert explains
Eric Fusil, University of Adelaide The four day-long search for the missing Titan submersible has come to a…
Scientists Expand Search for Alien Life with New Signal Detection Approach
Scientists have expanded their search for technologically advanced extraterrestrial civilizations by focusing on a new type of signal…
3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse
Chanchai Phetdikhai, Shutterstock Pascal Scherrer, Southern Cross University This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are…
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world’s most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe
When two massive objects – like black holes or neutron stars – merge, they warp space and time.…
How we stop floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers from drifting away
Hywind Tampen wind farm, Norway. Karoline Rivero Bernacki/Equinor, CC BY-NC-ND Benjamin Cerfontaine, University of Southampton and Susan Gourvenec,…
Researchers built an analogue computer that uses water waves to forecast the chaotic future
Shutterstock Ivan Maksymov, Charles Sturt University Can a computer learn from the past and anticipate what will happen…
Were Lightbulbs Really That Great as Inventions?
Some would ask what some of humanity’s best inventions ever were. Should we include lightbulbs in that list?
How Do You Build Structures Without Knowing the Math?
The construction of the Sainte-Chapelle in France began around 1238 and was finished around a decade later. However,…