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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.
Novel “Nanocrystal Gel” Can Switch Between Gel and Liquid States
The concept of nanomaterials certainly isn’t anything new—innovations using these technologies are already slowly making their way towards…
Future Crops Might Soon See Fertilizers Replaced By Bioengineered Bacteria
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) announced earlier this year that researchers from Washington State University (WSU) successfully…
Are Analog Computers Making a Comeback?
Derek Muller continues his series on his YouTube channel Veritasium about analog computers, and posits a unique question:…
A Veritasium Deep-Dive Into Analog Computers
Veritasium’s Derek Muller takes us on a journey through history as we unveil the history behind one of…
“Gamma Sulfur” May Hold the Key to Future Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Sulfur (S) has seen itself in the center of several new developments in the field of battery engineering…
Scientists Used Heart Cells to Make a Biohybrid “Fish”—And It Swims Using “Heartbeats”
First off, no, scientists did not slap fins onto a human heart and made it backstroke across a…
Fiber-Based LEDs Make For a Smart Touchscreen “Textile”
If the thought of a touchscreen shirt doesn’t make sense to you now, it just might in the…
A Closer Look at the James Webb’s Sunshield
YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay shows a detailed look at one of the defining features of the James Webb Space…
In an Engineering Milestone, James Webb Finally Has Its Optics Aligned
After tracking the status and updates regarding one of humanity’s most remarkable feats of engineering, the now-deployed James…
Scientists Can Now See a Material’s Elasticity Using Laser Ultrasound
Measuring the elasticity of a material, or the material’s capacity to return to its original shape once the…