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Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering and the University of Pavia (Italy) have developed a three-dimensional tissue made from porous silk, that’s capable of producing platelets for clinical use. The development is expected to have a significant impact on treatment of blood diseases.

Data on the Arctic Ocean gathered by Royal Navy submarines has been used to study the possible effects of a shrinking of the ice cap in the future. The declassified data from the 1990s was analyzed to gain insights into how diminished ice cover affects turbulence in arctic waters.

A tiny structure called the fovea centralis may be the key to a huge boost in solar cell efficiency, thanks to work by a team of scientists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light that adapted the natural design into silicon as a light trap.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a "biobattery" in the form of a highly efficient biogas plant that can turn raw materials like straw, scrap wood and sludge into useful outputs for the energy and transportation industry.

An ESA mission for testing new technologies for understanding the universe has left Britain for final testing. LISA Pathfinder mission's modules left Airbus Defence and Space for IABG in Germany for final tests before shipment to French Guiana, where they will be shot into low-Earth orbit.

A treatment process developed by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder promises a simpler and more economical way to clean up the wastewater produced by oil and gas operations that is heavily salinated and full of organic contaminants.

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts have successfully completed a grueling six hour and 41 minute spacewalk, beginning the process of reconfiguring the ISS for the next generation of docking ports.

Researchers are claiming a stem cell research breakthrough that would allow a baby to be created from the skin cells of two adults, no matter their gender. From this, scientists have produced precursor cells for sperm or ova that may allow same gender couples to produce offspring.

New help may be on the way for healthcare personnel tasked with monitoring multiple patients. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have created a solar-powered arm band, that sounds an alarm if the wearer's body temperature gets too high.

tPA is a drug commonly used to bust open blood clots, but it does have its limitations. Researchers have now found that using a type of magnetic nanoparticle to deliver the drug offers a much more direct route, promising to significantly aid in the prevention of heart attacks and strokes.

We're creating more data than ever before, and all of those 1s and 0s have to be stored somewhere. With this in mind Apple has announced that it's spending €1.7 billion (around US$1.9 billion) on two brand new European data centers that will be powered entirely from renewable energy sources.

Researchers have discovered a hormone that could provide some of the diabetes-preventing benefits of exercise, without the need to work up a sweat doing stomach crunches or bicep curls.