Vessel

Vessev, a water-transportation start-up company, has just unveiled its slick, America's-Cup-style hydrofoil, 10-passenger electric ferry called the VS-9. It's being touted as the most accessible electric commercial vessel ever – not to mention efficient and green.

Scientists are claiming an advance in regenerative medicine through the development of a novel material that mimics the structure of living blood vessels, which sees it grow with the body after transplantation.

Fossil fuel tankers that transport oil, gas and coal across the seas play an important part in the global energy mix, but one Japanese startup is eyeing a future where these types of vessels carry a much cleaner load – energy from offshore wind farms.

Few of us will take to the water on anything resembling the luxury superyachts gathered here, but that doesn't mean we can't marvel at the imagination, creativity and outright audacity that goes into their dramatic designs.​

Recent developments suggest that construction of the futurist SeaOrbiter ocean explorer is set to begin this October, with possible completion in 2013.

Norwegian company Effect Ships International AS completes tank-testing of two Air Support Vessel hull models.

US scientists propose that artificially introducing aerosols to the atmosphere will brighten clouds and increase reflectivity which could help defend the Earth from global warming.

Two articles in the latest edition of Nature Materials deal with promising discoveries in the field of nanosized drug delivery systems that could prove very useful in fighting cancer.

World's largest cruise liner, Oasis of the Seas, sets sail.

The Seabreacher is a two-seater, fully-submersible watercraft that was modeled on a dolphin.