"Star Trek" may be science fiction, but the technology depicted in its shows has often led to real-world equivalents being developed that we can use today.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

California-based company Auxilium Biotechnologies just produced kidney and liver tissue in space for the first time, using a ...