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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.
New Mini-Heart “Organoids” Help Researchers Study Heart Formation and Repair
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully created a “mini-heart” known as an organoid. The…
Researchers Create Embryo-like Structures from Monkey Cells
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have created “blastoids,” or embryo-like structures, using monkey embryonic stem…
Breakthrough In Computational Chemistry Unlocks the Mystery of Catalytic Reactions
Chemical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a model of catalytic reactions at the atomic scale.…
A Bike That Runs on Magnets—And No Gears
Engineers sometimes want to do stuff just because they think it’s neat to try. Others would think the…
The end of thermal cars: why electric vehicles aren’t a silver bullet
By the end of the year, electric cars are expected to account for 13% of global light vehicle…
How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to have resistance-free electricity
Magnetic levitation is just one of the interesting attributes that make superconductors so interesting. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library…
3D-printing the brain’s blood vessels with silicone could improve and personalize neurosurgery – new technique shows how
3D printers can lay down more than just layers of melted plastic. Dedraw Studio/iStock via Getty Images Plus…
Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics – an electrical engineer explains the materials’ potential
Room-temperature superconductors could make high-speed maglev trains more practical. Visual China Group via Getty Images Massoud Pedram, University…
The World’s Strongest Magnet
Florida’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory currently houses the world’s strongest magnet laboratory—so strong that even nonmagnetic objects…
The Promise—And Threat—Of Quantum Computers
It’s been said that the future of computers will dive deep into quantum physics. True enough, there are…