The X Prize Foundation, which offers $10-million awards for technological advances in areas such as space travel and automotive fuel efficiency, is taking a page from the “Star Trek” script for its ...

The University of Leicester in the UK has developed a hi tech £1 million (about $1.6m) medical suite to diagnose hospital patients, sci-fi style. The new tech would help assess patients more quickly ...

Glasgow University researchers have announced the development of a Star-Trek inspired hand-held electronic device that could be used for rapid diagnosis of conditions including heart attacks, strokes ...