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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.
Keeping Track: The History of Timekeeping
What time is it? You may instantly open your phone’s lock screen now and peek at what pops…
Researchers Develop Chip-Sized Ultrafast Lasers for Portable Applications
In a recent research paper in Science, Dr. Qiushi Guo and team present a groundbreaking method for creating…
The Evolution of Smartphone Touchscreens
In the past few decades, touchscreens have become an integral part of our daily lives, revolutionizing how we…
How AI Learns to “See” the World
In computer vision, experts explore teaching computers to see the world like humans do. Unlike traditional supervised learning…
Argonne National Laboratory Sets New Record in Quantum Computing Coherence Time
In quantum computing, “coherence” is of utmost importance. Coherence refers to the ability of quantum bits, or qubits,…
Starlink satellites are ‘leaking’ signals that interfere with our most sensitive radio telescopes
NOIRLab, CC BY Steven Tingay, Curtin University When I was a child in the 1970s, seeing a satellite…
“Computer Space” launched the video game industry — then fell into a black hole
Computer Space was innovative, but how was it to play? Ed Fries, CC BY-ND Noah Wardrip-Fruin, University of…
Apple has switched from its Lightning connector to USB-C — we explain which is better and why they did it
Shutterstock Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University After many years of designing and selling a variety of different cables to…
International ransomware gangs are evolving their techniques. The next generation of hackers will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies
Shutterstock/JLStock Alpesh Bhudia, Royal Holloway University of London; Anna Cartwright, Oxford Brookes University; Darren Hurley-Smith, Royal Holloway University…
Why Bother With Mathematicians When We Have AI?
AI’s slow but steady encroachment into everyday life has covered almost every niche it can touch—including math. What…