Bionic Vision Australia, a partnership of Australian research institutes, is to pursue the development of an advanced bionic eye.

The Mississippi State University rocketry team is planning an attempt on the world speed record for amateur rockets, having taken top prize in an international competition over the summer.

Scifi novelist Jon Wallace considers future weather and our struggle for survival with our natural foe and ally 

Novelist Jon Wallace ponders the enduring Scifi attractions of the red planet

Retinal scanning software could limit eye disease caused by diabetes

The Smart Companion is a nodding, talking and listening robot designed to act as a friendly link between the human and the digital world.

Monitoring eye diseases that could cause blindness may become a lot easier with a new imaging system that takes colour photographs of the whole retina.

A man with age related macular degeneration has become the first person with the condition to receive an implant to restore his sight.