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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.
100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?
Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden, where KBS-3 repository technologies have been tested. Anna Storm, Author provided Thomas…
Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration
NASA Yang Gao, King’s College London Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the Moon and other…
Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
Fields of genetically modified potato plants could detect radiation. AP Photo/John Miller Robert Sears, University of Tennessee and…
Thermoelectric technologies can help power a zero-carbon future
Chun-wan Timothy Lo, McMaster University Thermometers are an under-appreciated marvel of human ingenuity built upon an understanding of…
3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
3D printing can be used to build with all kinds of materials – even those that go ‘boom.’…
Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies
Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma. John Elk/the image Bank via Getty Images Hussein Gharakhani, Mississippi State University Cotton…
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
Tijnlp/Shutterstock Shukla Poddar, UNSW Sydney To reach the goal of 82% renewable energy in Australia’s grid by 2030,…
Electric vehicles are suddenly hot − but the industry has traveled a long road to relevance
Everything old is new again. Simon Skafar/E+/Getty Images Hovig Tchalian, University of Southern California In 2023, more than…
We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search and rescue one day
Limbless robots may not need lots of complex algorithms when they have mechanical intelligence. Tianyu Wang Tianyu Wang,…
Bringing AI up to speed – autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless cars on the road
An autonomous race car built by the Technical University of Munich prepares to pass the University of Virginia’s…