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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.
The Consequences of Throwing Explosives to Outer Space
On July 9th, 1962, the United States conducted the Starfish Prime test, a thermonuclear detonation in outer space…
Earth Is Surrounded by Space Trash. How Do We Get Rid of Them?
The space around Earth is increasingly cluttered with discarded rocket bodies, mission-related debris, and thousands of satellites, many…
What is a GPU? An expert explains the chips powering the AI boom, and why they’re worth trillions
AMD Conrad Sanderson, CSIRO As the world rushes to make use of the latest wave of AI technologies,…
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…
‘Urban mines’: how to unlock our electronic junk’s potential
Could this heap of junk prevent us from having to open a new mine? Hellebardius, CC BY-NC-ND Fanny…
Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
Tetris has hooked people for decades. AP Photo/Richard Drew Leah McCoy, Wake Forest University With its bright colors,…
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.’…
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…
Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around Neuralink? Two professors unpack the ethical issues
Brain-computer interfaces have the potential to transform some people’s lives, but they raise a host of ethical issues,…