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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.
Better AI, unhackable communication, spotting submarines: the quantum tech arms race is heating up
Zhu Jin Stuart Rollo, University of Sydney Quantum technology, which makes use of the surprising and often counterintuitive…
How we communicate, what we value – even who we are: 8 surprising things data science has revealed about us over the past decade
Shutterstock Paul X. McCarthy, UNSW Sydney and Colin Griffith, CSIRO Big data analysis has long supported major feats…
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…
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…
Solar Cells May Soon Receive a Second Wind Through Wireless Underwater Communications
The name “solar panel” may lead most people to believe that they have the totality of its functions…
The Mathematical Approach to Wordle
Grant Sanderson’s 3blue1brown returns with quite a timely piece about the mathematically-guided best way to open up your…
A Robot Just Performed an Autonomous Laparoscopic Procedure For the First Time
With every major step or leap that the best of our engineers can impart unto us through everyday…
This Stretchable Thermometer May Soon Join the Ranks of Soft Robotics
The burgeoning field of soft robotics has been riding a surge of interest as of recent; the brightest…