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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.
Replicating the Rain (For Science)
The world’s largest rainfall simulator, located in Tsukuba, Japan, is a crucial facility for studying and understanding the…
How can I get ice off my car? An engineer who studies airborne particles shares some quick and easy techniques
Condensation and cold combine to create that layer of ice on car windshields in winter. Tomasz Sienicki/Wikimedia Commons,…
Breakthrough Study Unveils Potential of “Magnonic” Computing
At a Glance The future of computing may be revolutionized by using magnons, which are ripples in magnetic…
What’s Wrong With 737 Max Planes?
On January 5th, 2024, a 737 Max plane suffered an incident when a door plug in the fuselage…
Can technology clean up our air? An atmospheric scientist got a glimpse of the future
Alastair Lewis, University of York Every few years I visit CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las…
New Study Unlocks Potential for Highly Efficient Green LEDs
At a Glance Color mixing, the process of combining different colors to create new ones, is crucial for…
Drone-zapping laser weapons now effective (and cheap) reality
Dragonfire laser system test firing. UK Ministry of Defence/wikipedia, CC BY-SA Gianluca Sarri, Queen’s University Belfast A single…
For All Mankind’s Happy Valley: why a Martian city could well extend below the surface
The entrance to For All Mankind’s Happy Valley. Apple Elizabeth Stanway, University of Warwick Apple TV+‘s alternate space…
Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon – the technology used will lend itself to future lunar missions
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft…
New Method Developed for Safer and More Efficient Battery Electrolytes
At a Glance As the use of electric and hybrid vehicles continues to grow globally, the need for…