The organs are made in the laboratory in the hope of using them to replace the damaged or missing body parts of patients

His invention forms basis of how information is shared online today

A cyclist was killed last year by a driver who was adjusting her sat nav

As Astra’s new chief executive, Pascal Soriot, works out a treatment plan to turn around the struggling drug maker’s business, he is axing nearly 4,000 jobs – including hundreds in the UK – and streamlining research and development. But Astra’s $200m (£130m) new plant in Jiangsu province is still set to open this year.

David Phelan explores the way mobile phones are sold in India and finds it a breathless, price-conscious market

Teachers should actually be encouraging Tweeting and Facebooking, according to a new survey

New microbial fuel cells contain bacteria that produce electricity from urine as part of their natural life cycle

'These represent the next generation of tools to understand complex conditions' says one researcher

Information is encoded with lasers, has a thermal stability of up to 1000°C and a practically unlimited shelf life

There are 20,000 posts advertised a month, but the job can't shake off its negative image

Douglas Engelbart was the inventor of the mouse, the simple tool that dramatically changed the way in which humans interact with their computers. Since the first public demonstration of the mouse in 1968 over a billion have been sold worldwide. Although now slowly being overtaken by touchpads and touch-sensitive screens, the mouse and the concepts behind it, remain an important feature of all modern computers.

Microsoft have shown off a new touchscreen that mimics how physical objects feel by offering ‘tactile feedback’ to users.

Is there a cooler architect in Britain than Hugh Broughton? Cooler, as in designing Antarctic bases capable of withstanding temperatures of minus 55C and winds that surge to 100mph, and keeping researchers comfortable for the nine months of the year that they are marooned at their research bases without any prospect of flying or shipping out.

The largest ever donor to Oxford University and “extraordinary intellect” Dr James Martin has died, the university has said.