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Engineering innovations from the brightest minds helped shape our modern world—a world in which the most advanced in human technology is now literally within our grasp. Devices that used to fill a room can now fit inside our pockets. Naturally, it doesn’t stop there; here at Modern Sciences, we wish to show where it can go by showcasing the latest in technological developments from new and improved protocols to the latest in electronics and assistive technology.
Through the magnifying glass: how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists understand baby corals
Marine Gouezo, Southern Cross University and Christopher Doropoulos, CSIRO New photographic technology has allowed scientists to dive beneath…
Your genetic code has lots of ‘words’ for the same thing – information theory may help explain the redundancies
The same amino acid can be encoded by anywhere from one to six different strings of letters in…
How Do You Use a Keyboard With a Thousand Characters?
Unsurprisingly, languages that don’t use the standard English alphabet use their own unique set of characters, ranging in…
Eliminating bias in AI may be impossible – a computer scientist explains how to tame it instead
Blindly eliminating biases from AI systems can have unintended consequences. Dimitri Otis/DigitalVision via Getty Images Emilio Ferrara, University…
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning Revolutionizes Drug Discovery
Gero, a biotech company focused on aging and longevity, has conducted research demonstrating the potential of quantum computing…
How should a robot explore the Moon? A simple question shows the limits of current AI systems
University of Alberta Sally Cripps, University of Technology Sydney; Alex Fischer, Australian National University; Edward Santow, University of…
Bees are astonishingly good at making decisions – and our computer model explains how that’s possible
Shutterstock Andrew Barron, Macquarie University A honey bee’s life depends on it successfully harvesting nectar from flowers to…
The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers
The author’s lab’s ultrafast optical switch in action. Mohammed Hassan, University of Arizona, CC BY-ND Mohammed Hassan, University…
Robots Are Starting to Look Like Us. Should We Worry?
Engineers are slowly but surely advancing the field of robotics; however, a segment of these experts are trying…
Quantum Computers on the Verge of Surpassing Classical Machines, IBM Experiment Shows
A recent experiment by IBM scientists has provided evidence that quantum computers could surpass classical computers in practical…