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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.
Future “Switchable” Window Coating Can Let Light In—and Keep Heat Out
The chase is on for developing the next piece of technology that can go and be a part…
New Vacuum Chamber With “Quantum” Sensors May Be the Future of Navigation
Anyone who’s ever had to use their favorite navigation app to go around has taken advantage of the…
Coal “Powders” May Be the Next Step for Eco-Friendly Water Desalination
Coals are a bit of a topic of contention. True enough, the industrial world has subsisted on the…
New “High-Resolution” CT Scans Used to View Lungs Hit with COVID-19
X-rays are the second-most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation known to science, falling between the very energetic gamma…
Newly-Developed Smart Material Can Help Heat and Cool Buildings
In simple terms, electrochromic materials are capable of changing their coloration and transparency to things like solar radiation…
New Graphene-Based Glucose Sensors Need Only Be Placed On Your Skin
With 1.5 million deaths back in 2019 owing to its existence, diabetes is truly a cause for concern…
Chinese Researchers Develop a Possible “Battery-Free” Solution to Hearing Aids
Huazhong University of Science and Technology researchers are currently hard at work improving their initial design of a…
Experts Look to Argon Fluoride Lasers for Nuclear Fusion’s Next Step
Nuclear fusion remains to be the dream for our planet’s power generation, promising a zero-emissions power source that…
NASA’s “Lucy” Mission Launched to Study “Jupiter Trojan” Asteroids
Now, you may have already known about the asteroid belt, and that it’s situated between the orbits of…
New CO2 Converter Found in Liquid Gallium
Gallium (Ga), sitting below aluminum (Al) and to the right of zinc (Zn) in the periodic table, has…